by Rod Hughes
In an unusual move, Costa Rica’s top prosecutor, Francisco Dall’Anese, launched harsh criticism of a Puntarenas judge who released 22 seamen arrested for fishing in the Cocos Island wildlife preserve. “This sets a bad precedent,” said Dall’Anese, “It says to international tuna fishermen that they can come to […]
by Rod Hughes
If you are a Costa Rican resident you may be able to earn a cool $250,000. All you have to do is to help police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation find US. terrorist suspect Daniel Andreas San Diego, believed to be residing in this country.
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by Rod Hughes
As all the media based in Costa Rica have reported, hackers have robbed local people doing banking and even bill paying on line. What is the response of banks whose security systems are foiled and accounts are rifled?
“Tough,” says a report in today’s […]
by Rod Hughes
Costa Ricans are literally up in arms over the crime wave that, finally, the government is taking steps to combat. Gun permit applications hit a record 8,551 last year, surpassing the 2001 record of 8,324 firearms registered, reported Central America’s leading English-language paper, The Tico Times. But police […]
by Rod Hughes
Residents here who earn in dollars or who have dollar accounts are waiting for the other shoe to drop, when the Central Bank lets the value of the dollar vs. the colon sink even lower. The bank lowered the dollar by 4% last Nov. 21, making exporters and […]
by Rod Hughes
Sometimes, it pays to verify the address before you make an armed visit to a home. Two of at least four armed robbers are under arrest after the gang tried to assault the Santa Ana home of the former director of the National Police School yesterday.
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by Rod Hughes
A small, somewhat sensational newspaper called La Teja (Spanish for a roof tile, used as street slang for 100 colones, once issued as a bill when it had a higher value) published a news story recently condemning Riteve, the Ministry of Transport concessionaire for vehicular inspections. The […]
by Rod Hughes
One of the great archaeological mysteries of this country are the pre-Columbian stone spheres, some basketball size, others 15-ton monsters. One was found on its original site last month, on an archaeological dig in Palmar Sur, in southern Costa Rica near the Pacific Ocean.
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by Rod Hughes
Time was when Costa Rican tourist accommodations were almost 100% aimed at the low end of the industry cost spectrum—definitely for middle class or backpacker oriented nature seekers. But, The Tico Times recently pointed out, the top end .is being filled in with rooms and suites costing as […]
by Rod Hughes
In a confused battle of goals that often alternated long minutes of formless tedium with furious seconds of formless frantic action, Saprissa dumped Carmelita, 4-3 Sunday in the soccer wars. Carmelita appear somewhat improved but continued its long journey into the depths of the First Division with […]
