Tag: pococi

The Guapiles Hospital has installed a mobile morgue (morgue movíl in Spanish), a refrigerated container for the handling of up to 16 corpses. Health authorities are quick to point out that the temporary morgue is for any eventualities that could arise with the COVID-19 pandemic,...

The coronavirus pandemic forced Limonenses to make the decision to suspend the famous “Grand Parade” parade, which takes place every August 31 in the framework of the Día del Negro y la Cultura Afrocostarricense. (Black and Afro-Costa Rican Culture day). Marcelle Taylor Brown, general coordinator...

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake shook Costa Rica this morning at 8:33 am and it was felt in much of the country. The National Seismological Network reported the event with an epicenter located 18 km east of Tortuguero, Pococí. For its part, the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of...

A 5-degree earthquake shook several cantons of Costa Rica this Saturday morning, at 8:12 am, with its epicenter located 14.6 kilometers southwest of Guápiles, in Pococí de Limón, reported the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (Ovsicori) - Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of...

The downpours Monday afternoon generated a series of damages in various communities around the country, including the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM). The Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) reported more than 60 incidents in San Carlos, Pococí, Sarapiquí, Cartago, Escazú, Curridabat, Desamparados, San José and...

The man suspected of shooting at a baker with a shotgun in Pococí was among the "10 most wanted" by the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) in April 2015. The man, who in that month appeared in the OIJ bulletin, is identified by his surnames...