Daily Archives: February 4, 2011

The 13 policemen and one civilian accused of shaking down drug dealers have been placed in preventative detention for a year, according to the security ministry. Prosecutors sought the year’s confinement in a request to the Juzgado Penal del II … Continue reading →

If the cows won’t come to the office, the office will go to the cows. That is the strategy of the Fuerza Pública which announced Thursday that it has set up nine mobile units to be placed on various sections … Continue reading →

The government of Costa Rica has protested energetically against a new map produced by Nicaragua that takes in some of the Costa Rican territory. The Costa Rican foreign ministry said that the map modifies the boundary between the two countries … Continue reading →

The postal service is giving residents a chance to express their love for about $2. Again this year, Correos de Costa Rica is offering 1,000-colon telegrams to be delivered St. Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. They are available at the 123 … Continue reading →

The new exhibit at the Museos de Banco Nacional will be money from ancient civilizations. The exhibit will complement the permanent Museo de Numismática that displays currency and coins mostly of Costa Rica. The new exhibit will be open to … Continue reading →

The legislature voted Thursday evening to impanel a commission to investigate the Rodrigo Arias affair. The main thrust will be to quiz workers at the Poder Judicial on contact with Arias and the outcome of telephone calls. Presumably lawmakers will … Continue reading →

Judicial agents made 11 raids Thursday morning to detain as many persons as suspects in the kidnapping of a woman while she worked in an auto showroom in Barrio Cuba Jan. 11. Kidnapped was a Wendy Miranda Argüello, a 30-year-old … Continue reading →

Judicial investigators are treating the death of a Canadian woman in a rural area of the Osa Peninsula as a homicide. The Judicial Investigating Organization confirmed Thursday that the woman, Kimberley Blackwell, 53, showed signed of violence. Specifically the woman … Continue reading →

For many expats, Sunday is akin to a high holy day. It’s Super Bowl Sunday. Those with families might be pulled in two directions because Sunday also is the last day of rest before Costa Rican public schools reopen. Sports … Continue reading →

The Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz said it would be cutting power in two areas of Escazú today. The first area is in the vicinity of Urbanización Las Veraneras and the Depósito de Materiales Santa Bárbara. The second area … Continue reading →

Fuerza Pública officers detained four men Thursday as suspects in robbing a student and also in an attempt to rob a car from its driver. Police said one of the suspects had been released by a judge on conditional liberty … Continue reading →