The Gastronomic Festival will return to Barrio Escalante. The fourth edition will start at 11 in the morning until 8 in the evening of December 4th. For this occasion, the organizers are preparing to welcome more than 30,000 attendees, improving the supply at Calle 33, which includes the Paseo Gastronómico La Luz and around Barrio […]
Archives for November 25, 2016
Tsunami threat ruled out in Costa Rica
After Thursday’s 7.2 degrees earthquake in El Salvador, the office of the National Monitoring System of the National University said there is no danger of tsunami for Costa Rica. The quake was recorded at 159 kilometers south of Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador, and was felt in much of the Central Valley of Costa […]
Train will operate normally on Friday and Saturday
According to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) the train service will operate normally on Friday and Saturday. The Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (INCOFER) suspend services only if something extraordinary happens with Hurricane Otto. The service will continue between Rio Segundo, Belén, San Joaquín, and Heredia to the capital, and vice versa. Pavas […]
Isolated failures in electrical and telecommunications system
The electricity and telecommunications systems are stable and do not report major failures, according to a report by the National Emergency Commission (CNE). In telecommunications, isolated failures, such as base stations out of service at specific sites, for damages caused by the rains and winds are reported. The electrical system was affected in: Caribbean Region: […]
CNE sends mattresses and blankets to Upala
The National Emergency Commission (CNE) sent supplies to Upala to reinforce one of the areas at risk from Hurricane Otto. The truck went with 150 mattresses and 200 blankets to the Municipal Committee, who will be in charge of the distribution among the population. On November 23th, 100 packages of food were sent to the […]
Improvised shelter in Pococí using 4 wooden walls
Rain is a constant in the cantons of the Caribbean. However, in Pococí, the neighbors also deal with strong wind gusts. At about 9 o’clock in the morning of Thursday the wind started to really lash at them. At that time, Don Fabio González lent his house to the neighbors to take refuge, after a […]