Tobias Bolaños International Airport in Pavas, San Jose is getting known as a private hub for the rich and famous, main airport for various activities of the industry and for its domestic and international small chartered flights from places like Nicaragua, Granada and Panama. Since it is only a few miles from the US Embassy in Pavas it is regularly visited by diplomats.
The airport on the good side is very modern. It has passenger terminals for local and international flights, a high tech control tower that was recently updated, 96 hangers, fuel and oil services, and it maintains the services for many government agencies like, AIS, Airport Police, customs, meteorology, drug control, intelligence and security and MAG. It also is the hub for private businesses like, Natural Air, corporate, and various eco-tours charters. Schools for aviation mechanics and for airplanes and helicopter pilots are also conducted on the facilities. Read more...(727 words, 4 images, estimated 2:54 mins reading time)
Free Trade has made the Costa Rica Private Investigator a more demanding profession for corporations and legal firms.
If you think being a Private Investigator is how Hollywood has glorified it, think again. Most PIs will tell you, nowadays it’s more leg work and lonely surveillance. The days of the Sam Spades and Philip Marlows may be over in the US, but not necessary in Costa Rica. With the industry now growing at a rapid rate, and the need for corporations and legal firms to use private investigators, the scope to specialize in more than one geographical location has increased, Costa Rica being one of those.
Costa Rica always has had a reputation for being the ideal spot to hide from the law. It is no secret many have sought sanction from criminal warrants and civil judgments. Probably the most infamous in one of the biggest financial frauds in history (at the time) was scammer, Robert Lee Vesco who fled to Costa Rica in 1971. At the time a national law was made to protect him from extradition. Consequently, Costa Rica became the preferred home of many “bad guys,” with their lax laws on extradition, secluded areas, and the easy laws on obtaining residency. Read more...(1540 words, 2 images, estimated 6:10 mins reading time)
Sometime before the end of this year, traffic cameras will be installed in various parts of San Jose, which will cause problems.
This week, I had to laugh when I learned that sometime before the end of this year the Policía de Tránsito (traffic police) are expecting to put in cameras to control traffic and ticket offending drivers in various parts of San Jose.
The areas targeted for this is Parque La Paz, the autopista General Cañas and the autopista Florencio del Castillo and other “unnamed” locations.
Cesar Quirós, the director of the traffic police, explained the cameras will photograph drivers not wearing seatbelts, not having the current marchamo or riteve (vehicle inspection) and committing offenses like not stopping at stop signs or running red lights.
So what does this mean? Well, we predict it will be huge headaches on both the prosecuting and offending party.
Some people will say, the real purpose of traffic cameras is to let cops spend more time in doughnut shops. Cynics might contend that the devices are mostly intended to boost traffic-fine revenue. But cameras that photograph the license plates of cars running red lights or speeding–resulting in a citation in the car owner’s mailbox–are stirring up world-wide controversy as they become more common. Read more...(524 words, 2 images, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)
Central Market (Mercado Central) Flea and Street market. Bordered by Avdas. Central and 1 and Cs. 6 and 8 Barrió La Merced San José, Costa Rica San Jose,
Costa Rica’s Mercado Central, or Central Market, is the largest marketplace in San Jose.
The Central Market is more than a common sale place. It is a congregation place, which city life passes day by day. It is a maze of shops and eateries and not for the claustrophobic.
Here one literally rubs elbows with locals. Everyone has a smile and there is no carnie hacking. Every time I’m in San Jose, I look forward of going here, it is usually the day before I leave because I get gifts and stock up on about twenty kilos of fresh ground coffee from various regions.
If you had to see one item in San Jose, Costa Rica, no doubt the Mercado Central would be it. Located almost in the heart of downtown pedestrian only street, Av Central and 6th street it is one of the best displays of Costa Rica culture and society. Read more...(602 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)
The law prohibiting driving in downtown San Jose on certain days of the week, depending on the last digit of their license plate, will be enforced more.
It has been a hell of month with the new traffic laws that took place March 1st to local drivers and the Costa Rican newspapers have been filled with it. The changes were to lighten penalties and lower fines, but in reality due to the numerous loopholes, the Transit Police are applying their own version of the law that has amounted to higher fines in some cases and/or, as one ‘chatter in a forum’ reported, a increase in bribes when she did an illegal passing, got pulled over by the Transit Police and was told the fine was $450, or pay it now with a C-note. She paid it with a C-note.
The laws have been messed up since the beginning when lawmakers begin to submit and debate those that have amounted to over 200 changes since 2008.
This week a review committee found so many errors and constitutional violations in the text they do not expect any type of restructure or modifications until after Semana Santa, or Easter week, leaving the laws an open-range in interpretations and/or some quick bucks for a few as the “chatter” found out very quickly Read more...(799 words, 1 image, estimated 3:12 mins reading time)
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