The first ferry service between El Salvador and Costa Rica will start in July between La Union and Caldera ports. Sebastian Urbina, deputy transport minister, confirmed that the first service is scheduled to start the July, 17th, reaching the Costa Rican port a day later. The goal is to reduce the cost on the movement […]
Archives for May 30, 2016
Estadio Nacional will host large space exhibition
From June, 1st to 29th, Estadio Nacional will be the scene of a major space exhibition organized by the Argentine engineer Pablo de León, who has worked for NASA. More than 300 items between originals and replicas, panels and interactive presentations will be shown. “Space, the final frontier” is the name of this exhibition which […]
TEC will present 50 new apps
The Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC) will be the home of 50 new applications for cell phones, which will be on display on May, 30th from 1:00 p.m. Every year, students from the Communication and Technology School of Language Sciences of the university present their new projects in the APPS Expo. The institution announced […]
Concession land for Panama Border?
Legislators from the National Liberation Party (PLN) submitted a bill aiming to grant land concessions, along the border with Panama. The initiative aims to create a special regime for municipalities to grant concession contracts for 25 years, renewable for the same period, to the current occupiers or tenants. But a regulatory plan is required first. […]
Enterovirus rising in Costa Rica
An outbreak of enterovirus D68 is leaving children from Spain and China paraplegic. This virus is present in Costa Rica, but that specific and more aggressive serotype is not registered in the country. However, a different type enterovirus that affects the skin is increasing in the child population. Dr. Maria Luisa Avila, from the National […]
New York Mafia used Costa Rica for illegal gambling
Members of the New York mafia used an illegal gambling website domiciled in Costa Rica for alleged millionaire crimes. Six men were arrested by the District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, on suspicion of organizing a plot that involves the movement of $13.2 million, with Eugene Castelle, a recognized member of the mafia cell known as […]