Monthly Archives: August 2011

Rice producers plan a press conference this afternoon to announce a new method for establishing the retail price of their product. The price of rice is controlled by the government. The rice producers said they were trying to come up … Continue reading →

To no one’s surprise, workmen did not finish the job at the Río Virilla bridge on the General Cañas highway Tuesday morning. The Consejo Nacional de Vialidad, the road agency, announced Tuesday afternoon that the workers would be back at … Continue reading →

Three workmen at a Limón refinery were injured early Tuesday when a volatile petroleum product escaped and was ignited. Two men are hospitalized in serious condition. The Cuerpo de Bomberos identified them as Fabio Castillo Fernández, 55, with burns over … Continue reading →

A U.S. Navy guided missile frigate is heading to Puntarenas with five captured Costa Ricans, but the legislature has not acted to give the boat permission to dock. The vessel, the USS Boone is believed to have in tow a … Continue reading →

President Laura Chinchilla and other officials finally signed the concession contract with APM Terminals for a $1 billion container port in Moín. The signing was Tuesday. The central government sees the project as the cornerstone for a redevelopment of the … Continue reading →

The Policía de Fronteras reported two men tried to smuggle 10 kilos of marijuana into Panamá in broad daylight Monday with the help of horses. Police said that the men leaped from the horses and abandoned them and the sacks … Continue reading →

Public buildings and some private ones are being decked out in Costa Rican flags and bunting because September is the patriotic month. This is the month that the anniversary of the country’s independence is celebrated. This is the 190th. Some … Continue reading →

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has signed joint declarations and letters of arrangement with Ambassador Aníbal de Castro of the Dominican Republic, Ambassador Muni Figueres Boggs of Costa Rica and Ambassador Francisco Altschul of El Salvador to protect … Continue reading →

U.S. authorities say massive flooding has affected parts of the country’s northeast, one day after a weakening Hurricane Irene swept through the region. U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Craig Fugate said Monday that flooding has reached record levels in … Continue reading →

Legal foreign workers, students and volunteers will be getting a cédula instead of just an imprint in their passport. They will have a document very similar to those carried by permanent residents, pensionados and rentistas, said the Dirección General de … Continue reading →

Costa Rican historians are mourning the passing of the trapiche, the device used to squeeze the juice from sugar cane. A recent seminar revealed that at one time in the canton of Alajuela there were 60 trapiches, but now there … Continue reading →

If you can read this, you probably do not live in Pozos de Santa Ana. The Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz said it would be cutting power there today at 7:30 a.m. Some power will be cut in Santa … Continue reading →

An 8 year old and a 3 year old got their hands on a .40-caliber pistol Sunday night in Valle Verde de Corralillo in Cartago with tragic results. The 3 year old, who had the last name of Cordero, died … Continue reading →