Daily Archives: August 24, 2011

The Museo de Arte Costarricense is not closed for a month. It only was closed Sunday for electrical repairs. The museum staff sent out an incorrect press release saying that the museum would be closed until Sept. 23. What they … Continue reading →

The country’s major social agency, the Instituto Mixto de Ayuda Social, has earmarked 25 million colons to help the 20 families who lost their homes in a spectacular blaze in Curridabat Monday. Some of their luckier neighbors will receive help, … Continue reading →

Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the southeastern Bahamas as it also takes aim at the eastern coast of the United States. The National Hurricane Center said in a bulletin Tuesday that the storm was about 145 kilometers (90 miles) … Continue reading →

A New Orleans, Louisiana, firm has pleaded guilty to transporting German-made hearing aides into Latin America and ducking import duties by pretending the devices were made in the United States. Such devices are exempt from customs duties if made in … Continue reading →

Environmental organizations are coming out against a legislative proposal to open up the waters of national parks to commercial fishing. The Programa para Restauración de Tortugas Marinas issued a statement against bill No. 17.715 that has been approved by a … Continue reading →

The organization Terra Nostra plans a benefit dinner Aug. 30 with the theme Cena por el Océano, “Dinner for the Ocean.” This is the organization that has been organizing the massive cleanups of beaches and of potential breeding spots for … Continue reading →

Alliance Française plans another walk into the history of San José Sept. 10. this time the topic is the five centrally located Roman Catholic churches. The organization said that architect Andrés Fernández will discuss the structures. The churches are the … Continue reading →

Call them the army of the night or the midnight recyclers. They are the vast number of the country’s poor who supplement their living by salvaging what they can from garbage. They mostly are invisible to the average citizen. They … Continue reading →

Casa Presidencial reported Tuesday night that Alfio Piva Mesén, the country’s first vice president, was treated at Hospital CIMA in the afternoon for what was described as a variation in blood pressure. His appearances for the rest of the week … Continue reading →

Another police officer from the Puntarenas area has been detained on the allegation that he tampered with evidence during a big sweep. The sweep was last Wednesday when the Judicial police and prosecutors detained 19 persons in the vicinity of … Continue reading →

The Corte Suprema de Justica has agreed to stiffen the requirements for conditional liberty of prisoners. The court was acting on a review of bill No. 17.490 that is now in a legislative committee. Under the current law a prisoner … Continue reading →

Anti-tobacco activists suffered a setback Tuesday when a legislative committee agreed to consider an alternate text to a bill that would ban smoking in public places. The Red Nacional Antitobacco sent out a message Tuesday morning saying that the members … Continue reading →

A proposal to assess an annual tax on corporations ran into another problem in the legislature Tuesday. Juan Carlos Mendoza García, president of the Asamblea Legislativa, confirmed during Tuesday’s afternoon legislative session that 12 lawmakers have signed a request to … Continue reading →