Daily Archives: January 24, 2011

The Chinchilla administration may have frozen public employee hiring, but that does not include the security agencies. The Ministerio de Gobernación, Policía y Seguridad Pública said over the weekend that it has 800 jobs to fill. The ministry was holding … Continue reading →

The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad said that it will be beginning to fill the water supply for the Proyecto Hidroeléctrico Pirrís Tuesday. The dam that has been constructed will hold 30 million cubic meters of water or about 39,238,519 cubic … Continue reading →

The nation’s child protection agency said that it took into protective custody 14 youngsters during patrols of the Palmares fiesta. Two youngsters were begging, and six persons younger than 18 were in the bars at the fiesta. Two were drinking, … Continue reading →

Police and investigators blocked the Interamericana Sur with a tractor trailer Sunday to capture a fleeing kidnap suspect. The capture was the culmination of a major police effort that included air support. José Andrade Morales, director general of the Fuerza … Continue reading →

The Costa Rica tourism institute has targeted three cities for a winter campaign. The first is San Francisco where the institute authorized the posting of a large mural in the Powell street metro station. The other two cities are New … Continue reading →

The number of murders dipped slightly in 2010, according to the Judicial Investigating Organization. Statistics released Friday showed that there were 486 murders in Costa Rica for a rate of 10.65 killings per 100,000 of population. That number is eight … Continue reading →

Fire Saturday night destroyed the third floor of the private Hospital Cooperativo San Carlos Borromeo in Ciudad Quesada. There were no injuries reported, but the blaze gutted administrative offices, an ophthalmology section and other areas with expensive medical equipment. Firemen … Continue reading →

René Castro, the foreign minister, is in Spain today seeking Spanish support as Costa Rica continues to seek relief from the Nicaraguan invasion at the Isla Calero. Castro has been to England, Germany and Norway with the same message. He … Continue reading →

Another scandal is brewing, and the characters are well-known: Rodrigo Arias Sánchez, the brother of the former president who has his own aspirations for the next election, Jorge Chavarría Guzmán, the new fiscal general and a long-time executive in the … Continue reading →

The financial situation affecting the national fire department appears to be much greater than just the absence of stations in key locations in the Pacific. A legislative proposal filed in October estimated that the Cuerpo de Bomberos de Costa Rica … Continue reading →