CRHoy.com If you are a nature lover, the color of the birds and their flight, this is your kind of festival. The International Migratory Bird Festival took place over the weekend in Puerto Jiménez in Golfito. It was not only about bird watching, but also about raising awareness on how plastic pollution affects birds. According […]
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Russian tourists rescued in Tortuguero
A video captured the moment two Russian tourists were rescued by the Public Force this Saturday afternoon in Tortuguero, Limón, amid applause from vacationers who were in the area. Officers of the Public Force were in charge of the maneuvers and took the Russians to the beach and then to a medical center where their […]
Government will talk with industries about plastic
The Government of the Republic will concentrate the talks with the industrial sector during the remainder of this and next week, after two bills related to plastic were removed from Congress, specifically the law to fight pollution by plastic and protect the environment and the law to solve the pollution by plastic waste. This decision […]
TCM starts operations to boost economy and improve competitiveness
The new Moín Container Terminal (TCM), operated by the Dutch firm APM Terminals, officially started operations on Thursday, with the promise of boosting the national economy and being the most efficient port terminal in Latin America. APM Terminals started its operations with the promise to improve the country’s competitiveness, for which it will take less […]
Legislators say no to more taxes
Although Carlos Alvarado announced the possibility of sending a new project that implies more taxes for the society, after this year, already several legislator already said no. The president argued that since mid 2018, Minister of Finance Rocío Aguilar warned that the project – which became the Public Finance Strengthening Law – solved part of […]
Four men arrested and one convicted for damages to the environment in Guatuso
The judicial and police authorities dealt with two cases of damage to flora and fauna in the canton of Guatuso. Four people were arrested and another one was convicted of the crime of draining wetlands. The most recent case occurred in Caño Negro Wildlife Reserve. On the site, the police arrested four subjects tried to […]