An earthquake registering 6.1 on the Richter Scale shook Costa Rica for almost a minute on Thursday. The later afternoon quake had an epicentre in Quepos and was felt across the country. No reports of damages or injuries were reported. |
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6.1 or 6.2,
Costa Rica Shook
For A Whole Minute
An earthquake
struck Costa Rica at 4:16pm (local time)
with the epicentre located 30 kilometres off
the coast of Quepos. The quake that lasted
almost a minute was felt across the country.
Confusion Over
High Traffic
Fines And Points
The ministro de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes,
Francisco
Jiménez,
explains that
many are under
the impression
that since the
Sala
Constitucional
is reviewing the
proposed
reforms, the
fines and points
do not apply.
But that is not
the case.
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Presidenta Chinchilla
Says She Will Limit Her Foreign Trips
Just ending her trip to Spain, Costa Rica's
new president, Laura Chinchilla, said in
Madrid that she will limit her trips outside
of Costa Rica only to those that have a
direct impact on national matters.
Presidenta Chinchilla noted that she will
take only trips on matters of national
security or opening new commercial markets.
Bishop Ulloa
Denounces Costa
Rica Court
Ruling
Bishop Francisco Ulloa of Cartago
in Costa Rica
expressed regret
this week over
the recent
ruling by the
Tribunal Supremo
de Elecciones
(TSE)
which censured
him for
reminding
Catholics they
could not
support
political
policies that go
against
Christian
principles, and
said it would
not silence the
bishops in their
mission to
preach the
faith.
Desamparados
Bridge Out For
Two Weeks
The work to
repair the
bridge over the
Jorco river that
connects
Desamparados and
Aserrí will take
at least 15 days
according to the
experts of the
Dirección de
Puentes del
Ministerio de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT)
and the Consejo
Nacional de
Vialidad (Conavi).
25% Of
Construction
Projects Without
Permits
At least one
quarter of all
construction
carried out in
Costa Rica are
without permits,
according to a
survey by the Colegio Federado
de Ingenieros y
Arquitectos (CFIA).
Drug Traffickers
(Narcos)
Left Man In Two To Retrieve Heroin
Authorities are
theorizing that the body found Copey Tibás,
San José, on Wednesday, was slip in two by
drug traffickers to retrieve a shipment of
heroin.
Ask Us Anything!
A Success
The new feature,
Ask Anything,
has been
received with great enthusiasm, making it a success in
it's first day
with more than
50 questions
asked by Inside
Costa Rica
readers.
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