Daily Archives: November 17, 2010

Home invaders are believed to have killed the Costa Rican companion of a Canadian women Monday night when they robbed a cabana where the pair lived in Rincón de Osa, said the Judicial Investigating Organization.

The fare for the Puntarenas-Naranjo ferry is going up an average of 24 percent for passenger cars, said the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes. Other vehicles face a hike of from 18 to 31 percent, the ministry said.

One of the commercial centers taking a big hit from the early November storm is the Depósito Libre Comercial de Golfito. That’s where Central Valley residents go to get cut-rate tires, alcohol and kitchen appliances.

The Museums of the Banco Central plan a coin collector’s fair Saturday at the museums, which are below the Plaza de la Cultura.

Anti-drug agents detained five persons on narcotics charges over the weekend in La Milpa de Guararí de Heredia. Three of them were women who all had children in the home where the police raid took place.

San José has canceled the proposed attempt to enter the Guinness list of world records with the largest class of swing Criole.

Nicaraguan workers really have dug a trench across the Isla Calero, and Costa Rican officials knew about it since at least Thursday.