Archives for January 24, 2017

On Monday, the Costa Rican Rice Association (ASOARROZ) insisted on the damage that small farmers could suffer as a result of rice imports. (Imports) have caused serious damage to national producers, which has caused the disappearance of more than 60% of Costa Rican rice farmers,” said Luis Martínez, vice president of the group. They stated […]

Pedregal Event Center launched an offer to encourage drivers to use the transhipment service in their facilities. A month of parking (Monday to Saturday) will cost ₡ 50 thousand colones if they buy it this week, then it will increase to ₡ 65 thousand, or ₡ 3 thousand per day. Until 7 a.m., 20 drivers […]

The national construction sector raised its voice and asked to be heard. This group believes a Civil Aviation regulation is a threat that would slow the expected growth of the sector by 2017, because it limits the construction of towers in different areas of San José, Heredia, Tibás and Escazú. This is ensured by Abel […]

The characteristic summer of January will be in agreement with the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), so there will be sunny conditions during the day and at night and dawn the perception of cold will increase by the low temperatures. Tuesday started with stable conditions in the Central American region and the Caribbean Sea. Overall, the […]

Last November, Hurricane Otto caused dozens of trees to fall all over the country. This worries the authorities of the National Commission on Forest Fires (CONIFOR), since the change in the use of soils could affect an increase in the amount of fires. It is good that people know that, as a result of Hurricane […]

This morning, the Costa Rican Railways Institute (INCOFER) suspended the 7:15 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. trips from San José to Cartago and vice versa. Last Monday it also canceled two trips due to a failure in the system of compressed air, caused by one of the vehicles that hit the train. María Fernanda Arias, a […]