Daily Archives: June 13, 2012

With Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson directing world attention to Costa Rica, the Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas has detained three persons who were 10 nautical miles offshore in possession of shark fins. The Ministerio de Gobernación, Policía y Seguridad Pública said … Continue reading →

The strike that has paralyzed the Limón and Moín docks was threatened for a week by union executives there. And the action by the union was a certainty when the government entered into a contract in March with a Dutch … Continue reading →

The personal hairstyle of a student again was the issue before the Sala IV constitutional court. The magistrates sided with the student. He is Darnell Campbell Moore, who was barred from attending the Universidad de Ciencias Médicas in Sabana Oeste … Continue reading →

The country experienced two earthquakes Tuesday. One early Tuesday happened just 51 minutes after midnight. The epicenter was in northern Costa Rica not far northeast from Lake Arenal. The Laboratorio de Ingeniería Sísmica del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería said … Continue reading →

A permanent bridge is about 80 percent complete over the Río Grande de Tárcoles between Orotina and Turrubares, according to the Consejo Nacional de Vialidad. This is the spot where a hanging bridge gave way and dumped a bus and … Continue reading →

The country’s newest highway, Ruta 1856 in northern Costa Rica, got a stinging review Tuesday before a legislative commission. The summary came from Olman Vargas Zeledón, director of the Colegio de Ingenieros y Arquitectos. He said the stretch was badly … Continue reading →

There was a time when the best way to keep track of cows was to rope, throw and brand the little ones. Otherwise, there would be mavericks running around without marks of ownership. High tech is taking that tradition a … Continue reading →

More than a decade after it was classified as probably carcinogenic to humans, the U.N. health agency Tuesday classified diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is part of the World Health … Continue reading →

Another U.S. naval vessel has recovered cocaine in an incident that led to the capture of a drug-smuggling gofast boat. The boat is the guided-missile frigate “USS Nicholas,” which was in the Pacific Ocean as part of Operation Martillo, the … Continue reading →

A new book describes 88 bird species that can be found at the new Parque la Libertad in eastern Desamparados and La Unión. The book “Avifauna” was created by Guiselle Alvarado and Silvia Bolaños, ornithologists with the natural history department … Continue reading →