The oil price rose on Thursday, confirming a willingness to face a possible reduction in world supply and in the absence of elements affecting the market. The light sweet crude for May delivery earned 55 cents to reach $ 51.70 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). In London, the North Sea Brent price on […]
Archives for April 7, 2017
A commission will request Ana Gabriel Zúñiga’s removal
The Commission for Control of Income and Public Expenditure of the Legislative Assembly will request President Luis Guillermo Solís the removal of deputy minister of the Presidency Ana Gabriel Zúñiga, for receiving ¢ 30 million as part of the exclusive-dedication Incentive without meeting the requirements. They will also ask Zúñiga to return the money to the […]
Reversible lane on Maundy Thursday
On Maundy Thursday, there will be a reversible lane on Route 27 towards the Pacific. This measure aims to facilitate the massive departure of tourists to the coast towards Guanacaste and Puntarenas. On that day, the dynamic will be applied between Ciudad Colón and Pozón. Cars will be able to circulate in all lanes heading the […]
Be careful at restaurants and bars!
If you go to bars and restaurants, you should be careful. Many people drink liquor and use drugs at these sites because they want to do it. However, sometimes other people put drugs into people’s drinks in order to rob them, rape them, among others. Minnely Quirós, an expert at the Institute of Alcoholism and […]
4 crashes affected the train service
INCOFER announced tha the train service to San Antonio de Belén, Cartago and Alajuela will be suspended because yesterday there were four crashes that affected some railways. However, it won’t last the entire day, but some specific hours. According to INCOFER Twitter information, the canceled services are: Belén-San José route (5 pm) Cartago-San José route […]
The Internet Fair Use Policy and its new change
A month ago, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) started applying the Internet Fair Use Policy. This states that when customers spend their contract data package, they will have to surf the Internet at the minimum speed, even if the month is not over. Initially the minimum speed was 128 kilobytes per second (kbps), but […]