Daily Archives: May 1, 2012

A cement producer that spent five years wrapped in red tape has called it quits. The firm, Comercializadora de Concretos y Asfaltos S.A., took out full page ads in Spanish-language newspapers Monday to say that Costa Rica does not have … Continue reading →

Fire investigators are blaming a fax machine for a blaze that nearly destroyed a home in Calle Blancos early Monday. The Cuerpo de Bomberos received the alarm at 5:30 a.m. The blaze was in a home in El Encanto subdivision … Continue reading →

Depending on the weather, a good part of the morning and early afternoon today will seek International Labor Day marchers in the downtown to the Plaza de las Garantías Sociales behind the headquarters of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social. … Continue reading →

Maybe the 25th time will be a charm. At least that is what Fuerza Pública officers hope after they detained a robbery suspect for the 25th time. Police officers frustrated an armed robbery in Tibás Monday. Two men stuck up … Continue reading →

Road officials expect to finish the Puriscal-Ciudad Colón rebuilding by July. The work has been going on since September. An unusual aspect is a retaining wall that has been put up in Alto de Quitirrisí. The wall helps workers rebuild … Continue reading →

A federal jury in Virginia found Minor Vargas Calvo guilty Monday in a massive fraud scheme that has thousands of victims worldwide. Vargas, 60, was president of a Costa Rican company, Provident Capital Indemnity Ltd., that sold reinsurance bonds to … Continue reading →

The tourism chamber wants more action from the central government during the final two years of the Laura Chinchilla presidency. Among the requests is legislation to make the theft of a passport a felony. The chamber, the Cámara Nacional de … Continue reading →

Anyone who thought that the situation was strange to lump telecommunication in with the environment will be happy to know that there is going to be a change. As a stopgap measure, the Arias administration put the telecom supervision into … Continue reading →