Daily Archives: June 21, 2011

A 16 year old stands accused of robbing women in Zapote-San Francisco. Fuerza Pública officers on motorcycles detained the youth a short time after a women said she had been robbed of her purse and a cell telephone. Police said … Continue reading →

Police again stopped a vehicle that was bringing what appears to have been untaxed alcohol into Costa Rica. The incident was at kilometer 53 of the Interamericana in Paso Canoas. Police said the driver tried to avoid a checkpoint and … Continue reading →

The Consejo de Salarios Monday decreed a 2.55 percent raise for most categories of minimum wage, but also said that certain lower paid workers should get 3.55 percent. This was the salary fixing for the last six months of the … Continue reading →

The Cine Varidades, the vintage movie house on Avenida 5 in downtown San José, plans to dedicate Tuesdays to documentary films. The project is in conjunction with the Asociación de Documentalistas de Costa Rica. The screenings will be Costa Rican. … Continue reading →

International diving operator Perry Edwards said his associates have been able to locate their stolen boat. The major problem was that crooks stripped the boat of all of its gauges, radio and its two outboard motors. This was the La … Continue reading →

The long-simmering discontent with revolving door justice and police inaction appears to be the background for the march Sámara residents staged Sunday. At least 100 residents took part. Some carried signs that called upon President Laura Chinchilla to take action. … Continue reading →

Fuerza Pública officials held a gathering Monday morning to honor María Lourdes Mora Chavarría, who is the second women to have joined the police force. She is retiring in August. Ms. Mora joined the force in 1979 and has spent … Continue reading →

The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad said that its GSM system suffered an outage `Monday morning and some users were not able to access the Internet via cell telephone hookups. The failure was in equipment that is used for interconnections of … Continue reading →

Two men have been jailed for investigation because agents think they have been involved in some 21 vehicle hijackings. In some cases, the bandits carried an AK-47. The men were detained last week in Ipís de Goicoechea, and a judge … Continue reading →

The Community Action Alliance in San Ramón plans a short course in emergency medical Spanish for expats so they can communicate with emergency workers in a crisis. The two-hour seminar will be Friday from 10 a.m. to noon at the … Continue reading →

Pretty soon Costa Ricans will be saying una plastica when they mean a 1,000-colon bill. The new emission that is coming out this week is just one of two, but it is the only bill that is being made of … Continue reading →