Daily Archives: March 27, 2012

A 3.1 earthquake took place Monday 27 kilometers southeast of Sixaola on the southern Caribbean coast at 2:09 a.m., according to the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica. The epicenter was off the coast in the ocean.

An agency of the environmental ministry said that it has closed three gas stations and threatened to close two more if they did not meet with the rules on handling fuels. The closed stations are Servicentro Filadelfia in Carillo de … Continue reading →

The Registro Nacional is expected to make public today its plans for collecting the new tax on corporations. Collection of the tax is supposed to begin Monday, but so far the Registro and its parent, the Ministerio de Justicia Y … Continue reading →

Cartago residents will be getting a reduction in their electrical rates, but residents of Alfaro Ruiz will be paying a bit more, according to rates published by the nation’s price fixing agency. The Junta Administrativa del Servicio Eléctrico Municipal de … Continue reading →

I would like to take this opportunity to express my unhappiness with Amnet. I have lived in Belen, Costa Rica, for 4 ½ years and my only choice in TV and Internet service here in Belen is Amnet. The poor … Continue reading →

Judicial police have detained four men and said they made up a gang that robbed passengers and drivers of public buses on the San José-Alajuela route. The men, 18, 21, 24, and 26, were taken into custody during early morning … Continue reading →

President Laura Chinchilla characterizes as regrettable carelessness the evasion of local property taxes by a handful of her ministers. Casa Presidencial issued a statement just hours after the Spanish language daily La Nación reported that some ministers had not taken … Continue reading →

The Museos del Banco Nacional Costa Rica is hosting a seminar on the history of the country’s money Saturday at 10 a.m. The lecture, “De la Palmera al Colón: Ocho Reversos de Monedas del Siglo XIX.” will take place in … Continue reading →

President Laura Chinchilla launched a new green campaign for the country Monday to remind the people of Costa Rica about their carbon footprint. The campaign, Limpia tu huella or “Erase your print,” aims for environment responsibility. The project is to … Continue reading →

More than 3,800 Fuerza Pública officers will be on duty for Semana Santa. The number doesn’t include the special unit forces such as Policía Turística and the Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas. Semana Santa, or Holy Week, is a national holiday … Continue reading →

The immigration department confirmed Monday that a new set of regulations is close to being approved and published. This would be the second set of regulations that cover the finer points of the March 2010 immigration law. When the first … Continue reading →