Monthly Archives: June 2012

Central Valley residents showed their resilience Thursday as they confronted a collapsed section in a key highway. With some local exceptions, traffic appeared to be moving reasonable well Thursday. Passengers on the Heredia-San José line jumped 30 percent to 10,000 … Continue reading →

The legislature’s anti-drug commission moved Thursday to give a break to women who smuggle drugs to their imprisoned boyfriend or spouse Right now the penalty for doing that can be eight to 20 years in prison. The Comisión Permanente Especial … Continue reading →

The head of the tourism agency said that a new zoning plan for the southern part of the Nicoya peninsula would protect individual who have properties in the maritime zone. However, a summary of his talk does not show he … Continue reading →

Expats who have been complaining about the increased cost of living here may also have been shopping at the wrong stores. The economics ministry, in another of its market surveys, showed that identical and popular items were being sold at … Continue reading →

The nation’s environmental enforcement agency has sent a crew of investigators to the northern part of the country to explore claims of damage by the controversial Ruta 1856. The agency is the Tribunal Ambiental Administrativo, which said Thursday that two … Continue reading →

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to cite Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to release documents relating to Fast and Furious, a failed government operation that put guns in the hands of Mexican drug … Continue reading →

A U.S. federal appeals court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a disbarred lawyer who helped her jailed terrorist client smuggle messages to his followers. The three-judge panel in New York wrote Thursday that the ex-lawyer Lynne Stewart still … Continue reading →

The nation’s tourism chamber said that hospitality operators expect about 68 percent occupancy this mid-year vacation. The vacation starts Friday evening and lasts for two weeks. The chamber, the Cámara Nacional de Turismo, sponsored a survey last week of 104 … Continue reading →

The environmental ministry says it is seeking trade restrictions on the hammerhead shark. The ministry said that it has provided the appropriate documentation to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known as CITES. … Continue reading →

The wireless service of Radiográfica Costarricense S.A. failed Thursday morning, and technicians said that it may be restored by this morning. There was no clear explanation of why there was a failure, but technicians labored in vane all day Thursday … Continue reading →

The nation’s regulatory agency lowered bus fairs from a few colons to 1,000 colons and alerted passengers to the change. The agency, the Authoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicas also invited complaints. The agency reported Thursday, the first day of the … Continue reading →

A unique series of circumstances Wednesday turned the Central Valley road network into a parking lot, made tourists miss their flights home and led to the cancellation of classes today and tomorrow at many schools. The initial cause was a … Continue reading →

Public schools in the following areas have no classes today or tomorrow, and students, staff and teachers get to start the mid-year vacation two days early. Classes resume July 16 for all public schools. In San Jose’s central canton: Merced, … Continue reading →

President Laura Chinchilla Miranda has come to the defense of a minister and a vice president who have been accused of ethical lapses. Ms. Chinchilla, in a statement, said Wednesday that Vice Presdient Luis Liberman and Leonardo Garnier, minister of … Continue reading →

To overcome the problem of traffic jams and lack of parking spaces, the American Colony Committee has set up an off-site parking area and a bus shuttle for those who attend the July 4 picnic west of San José. The … Continue reading →

When anti-drug agents detained a woman in Río Claro de Golfito June 17, they got the information they needed to roll up an extensive cocaine smuggling operation. The investigation culminated Wednesday with the arrest of 23 persons all over western … Continue reading →

The palm of my hands were already moist when I stepped onto the dance floor Monday night for my first salsa lesson in years. Arriving on Tico-time, I walked into a weekly dance lesson at a language school to find … Continue reading →