Daily Archives: December 19, 2011

A 25-year-old died Sunday afternoon when he was caught in the surf at Manuel Antonio, said the Judicial Investigating Organization. The man had the last name of Moya. Agents said the man was with friends about 1 p.m. and entered … Continue reading →

Two motorists have been detained after one of their vehicles struck down and killed two women early Saturday near a shopping center in Heredia. The two men are suspected of drag racing. The two women, a 19-year-old and a 22-year-old, … Continue reading →

The Hospital Nacional de Niños reports that it is attending the first young fireworks victim of the year. The youngster, a 5 year old girl from Guachipelín de Escazú, was hit in the back with some form of explosive and … Continue reading →

The price of gasoline will be going down at the end of the year. The Authoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos said that it would send new, lower prices to be published in the La Gaceta official newspaper during the last … Continue reading →

The Junta de Protección Social netted about $20 million Sunday night. Thanks to the Christmas lottery. The lottery, called the gordo because the top prize is about $2.4 million, was a sellout, said the Junta. That means about a half … Continue reading →

The nation’s public employee union says it thinks the central government is laying the groundwork for large layoffs. The union, the Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Privados, cites a decree issued by President Laura Chinchilla Miranda in November. The … Continue reading →

The U.S. Embassy here purchased an electric car assembled in Japan instead of a U.S. product because officials said they doubted that an American vehicle could be serviced adequately here. An embassy spokesman gave that explanation at the request of … Continue reading →

Rice can harbor harmful amounts of arsenic, and in Costa Rica there is no requirement that rice is checked consistently for that toxic metal, according to a spokesman for the health ministry. The spokesman agreed that there should be a … Continue reading →

A hotel guard who shot and killed a U.S. student he thought was an intruder remains in prison. The man, who has the last name of Guevara, faces allegations of simple homicide. The U.S. victim was Justin Johnson, then 16, … Continue reading →

Said the bandit chief to Humphrey Bogart: “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” That is the classic line out of the 1948 movie “The Treasure of … Continue reading →

The Symantec Intelligence Report said last month that global spam is now at the lowest level since 2008 when several major bulk emailers were closed down. However, the company noted that one reason is because spammers are targeting social media … Continue reading →