The Costa Rican citizenship has the future of their cantons in their hands for the next 2020 municipal elections. Do you know what are the responsibilities and the power of those who direct municipalities, regidurías and trade unions of each canton? The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) explains that the local government system works very similar […]
Authorities deactivate emergency protocols after strong earthquake
The president of the National Emergency Commission (CNE), Alexánder Solís, confirmed that the emergency protocols after the earthquake in Guanacaste were gradually deactivated. The chief explained that at about 12:30 the respective work began after the 5.5 tremor that occurred 30 kilometers from the Tamarindo area. As a result of the earthquake, many objects fell […]
Tourist are asked not to vistit unauthorized areas
The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), called for national and foreign tourists to be responsible during their tourist activity and not to use clandestine trails because they can expose them to serious danger. This is a campaign called “Responsible Tourist”, which seeks to expose the problem of people walking and staying in unauthorized areas […]
Country under alert: wind speed will reach 90 km/h
The country remains on alert due to heavy rains and high speed of the winds. The Caribbean and the North Zone are under yellow alert, while the North Pacific, Central and Central Valley issued a green alert. The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) predicted that by December 7th, the speed of wind gusts would between 80 […]
This is Eligio Bishop, cult leader expelled from Costa Rica
Eligio Bishop calls himself God and he is the leader of a cult called “Carbon Nation”, which was expelled from Panama this week. He already had problems with the authorities in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but his Central American journey came to an end, after he was allegedly linked to sexual crimes in the United […]
Orotina Airport won’t be built
Is the international airport of Orotina a project that was born dead? Not even the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation is convinced of the need to build such an ambitious air terminal. The answer is yet to come, but to date all the signs indicate that the initiative will not even take off from […]