Daily Archives: March 9, 2012

The Inter American Press Association has expressed its concern and condemnation of a continuing wave of violence being unleashed against journalists in Honduras and called once again on the Central American nation’s government to act to prevent and investigate such … Continue reading →

Police and judicial agents attempting to determine the cause of a brush fire in Parque Nacional Chirripó stumbled on a marijuana plantation. A number of the plants had been consumed by the blaze, but officials estimated that there had been … Continue reading →

A Costa Rican, Warner Rojas, will challenge Mount Everest this month, and the Instituto Nacional de Seguros said it will sponsor him. The national insurance company is giving money for expenses, but it also is providing a $75,000 life policy … Continue reading →

Transport officials said that work has begun on a pedestrian bridge across Ruta 27, the Caldera-San José highway, at Río Grande de Atenas. The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes has agreed to put in the bridge. The job now … Continue reading →

Amid the celebratory atmosphere of the International Day of the Woman, public health workers issued a chilling report: That there are 200,000 cancer tests awaiting analysis and that the wait for women with suspected cervical cancer might be as much … Continue reading →

Lawmakers are going full speed ahead to give initial approval to the central government’s massive tax plan. The leaders of the political parties in the Asamblea Legislative Thursday agreed to make procedural changes that will expedite the consideration of the … Continue reading →

The Museo Calderón Guardia will put on display March 17 the 82 works by Francisco de Goya entitled Los desastres de la guerra or “Disasters of war.” The works were done between 1810 and 1815 and depict the bloody events … Continue reading →

Two Canadians died Thursday night when the pickup in which they were riding was in collision with a bus in Bagaces. The mishaps was on the Interamericana Norte highway. The Judicial Investigating Organization identified the dead by the last name … Continue reading →

This year the famous Feria de la Cebolla in Santa Ana will be held from Tuesday to the following Sunday near the Roman Catholic church in the community. There will be a variety of onions available. They will range from … Continue reading →