Daily Archives: May 7, 2012

The Internet scamsters have graduated from transparent claims of free money to a more sophisticated environmental effort that includes a classy Web page. The latest attempt to tap the purses of the naive is the Climate Change International Conference 2012. … Continue reading →

The Chinchilla administration planned a highway across the northern part of the country and along the Río San Juan to open up the area to land transport. The president, Laura Chinchilla, sees the highway as a way to retain national … Continue reading →

Illegal hunting, rustling and the illegal transportation of parrot chicks required police action over the weekend. The Fuerza Pública said it was stepping up its efforts against such crimes. The confiscations began Friday at a road checkpoint in Puerto Jiménez … Continue reading →

President’s Laura Chinchilla’s efforts to tax certain food products still will have a negative effect on low-income Costa Ricans, said the Cámara Costarricense de la Industria Alimentaria. The decree, which seeks to make a difference between what the poor eat … Continue reading →

Some 28 organizations and nine countries are backing a proposal by the Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones to include the hammerhead shark in a list of threatened species, according to a local environmental organization. The list is by the … Continue reading →

The weekend witnessed what appears to be at least two assassinations and other cases of gun play and stabbings. In Cartago a 40-year-old woman was gunned down Sunday afternoon while she was driving her car. She suffered multiple bullet wounds, … Continue reading →

The weekend was a wet one with a series of heavy downpours pointing out the deficiencies in the drainage and where accumulations of trash have blocked the sewers. Afternoon rains were nearly universal Saturday in the Central Valley. Guanacaste and … Continue reading →

When the Perla III ran aground in the early hours of Wednesday, the problems were just beginning for one member of a fishing boat crew. The boat captain and the two-person crew ended up on a nearby small island after … Continue reading →