Daily Archives: September 26, 2011

Canadians are having their Thanksgiving Oct. 9, a Sunday. The event will be at Zamora Estate Hotel, Santa Ana, from noon until 4 p.m. Tickets are available by email to mermatt@amet.co.cr and by telephone to 2288-6762, said an announcement. Members … Continue reading →

The sea appears to be giving up some of that cocaine smugglers dumped into the ocean off the Pacific coast. Tourism police figure that is where the packages containing five kilos of coke originated. Officers got a call and found … Continue reading →

Motorists who have been ticketed as a result of the speed trap cameras will have until Oct.17 to appeal. At least that is the current message from the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes. The ministry said it would be … Continue reading →

Residents in sections of Acosta have been losing fixed telephone service because someone has been stealing the cables. The Fuerza Pública identified the areas as Bijagual, Teruel, Las Vegas and Caspirola. Officers began an organized search and managed to stop … Continue reading →

A hearing last week in the Luis Milanes-Savings Unlimited case never happened. The hearing was moved to this Tuesday. There was no explanation given, and notice that the hearing had been delayed was not distributed widely. Some lawyers and some … Continue reading →

Heavy weekend rains have caused damage on the Pacific coast and in some areas of the Central Valley. There has been flooding, and slides have blocked the Costanera Sur south of Dominical and caused slowdowns on the Interamerican Sur. Liberia … Continue reading →

The Fuerza Pública has confiscated what appear to be pre-Columbian figures, but they have no idea from where they originated. The man and a woman who were carrying the items on a public bus are not talking. Police located the … Continue reading →

The judiciary has produced a manual of instruction to strengthen understanding and enforcement of intellectual property crimes. The authors are experts in this area. They were identified as civil judges Alvaro Hernández Aguilar and Guillermo Guilá Alvarado, criminal Judge Marjorie … Continue reading →

Last week was a tough one for readers who expect accuracy from A.M. Costa Rica. In a story Thursday about the Sala IV constitutional court finding no fault with the plan to tax the country’s corporations, a crucial not was left out of the … Continue reading →

Two Canadians have accepted abbreviated judicial processes and have been sentenced each to five years and four months in prison. Both had been arrested in separate incidents in March. The Canadian who has the last name of Landry tried to … Continue reading →

There is another three-day holiday coming. The Consejo Superior of the Poder Judicial is the latest entity to rule that workers in that branch of government should take Monday, Oct. 17, off. The normal day to celebrate Día de las … Continue reading →

Those who live in Costa Rica often hear from friends and relatives who want to know about the bugs and sometimes the snakes. Their vision of the country is a bit skewed by Indiana Jones movies and television. This is … Continue reading →