Daily Archives: June 8, 2012

The Banco de Costa Rica is celebrating its 135th birthday, and Correos de Costa Rica is issuing a set of commemorative stamps to mark the occasion. From the beginning the bank was involved deeply in public finances and made loans … Continue reading →

The legislative leadership is patting themselves on the back for what they are calling a very productive week. Lawmakers passed six measures and credited a consensus among the various parties in the Asamblea Legislativa for that. Among the measures is … Continue reading →

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, a top official from there is visiting here. He is Zhang Gaoli, a vice minister and member of the politboro of the Community … Continue reading →

A group calling themselves the Invisibles plans a march next week to cleanse the legislature of corruption, hatred and discrimination, it said in a news release. The march is June 16. The protest is a response to an action by … Continue reading →

Early rising judicial officers entered a marijuana growing operation in Santa Ana at 6 a.m. Thursday and then detained a man suspected of being linked to the operations in Paso Ancho at his home. Agents said the property had two … Continue reading →

U.S. sailors and members of the U.S. Coast Guard are having good hunting in the Caribbean. The latest gofast boat to fall into the hands of the military yielded 57 bales weighing 1,720 kilos or some 3,790 pounds of cocaine, … Continue reading →

The United Nations is warning the world is doing a terrible job of managing the environment and conserving its precious resources for future generations. The U.N. Environment Program is launching its most comprehensive assessment of the state of the global … Continue reading →

Good weather is supposed to hold until Sunday, said the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional. A weekend forecast said that a mass of dry air continues to hover over the country and this reduces the formation of clouds and rain. However, typical … Continue reading →

ire officials are blaming an overheated electrical wire for the blaze Wednesday that swept through four low-income homes in Barrio Cuba. The area is called El Pochote. Two other homes suffered damages. Fire investigators recovered an electrical cable that is … Continue reading →

The Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz said that workmen will cause outages in San Antonio de Coronado and in Curridabat this morning.  In Coronado the outage will be in Barrio San José and in the vicinity of the Dulce … Continue reading →