A group of experts inspected 600 bridges in different cantons and determined that 57% (342) of them have at least one element qualified as serious damage. The Municipal Management Unit, of the Materials and Structural Models Laboratory of the University of Costa Rica (LanammeUCR), visited 49 cantons between 2010-2018 with the aim of creating an […]
Archives for December 2018
Comptroller’s Report: Tax evasion increased
The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic indicated that evasion of the General Sales Tax (IGV), now called Value Added Tax, increased by at least 2% in the period of 2012-2016, according to the study “Efficiencies of the actions implemented by the Ministry of Finance against tax evasion in the general sales tax” […]
City Council created Inter-institutional commission to assess illegal rentals in the South Caribbean
The Chamber of Tourism and Commerce of the South Caribbean went to the Municipal Council of Talamanca with its concern for the illegal house rentals through platforms such as Airbnb. This group, with the support of the Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, the Ministry of Health, the Public Force and the Tourist Police, managed to […]
Balean Canadian tourist in assault on Ballena Bay
Crime hits foreign tourism once again. This time, the victim was a Canadian man. The events occurred at 7:55 pm on Sunday at the Ballena Bay of Uvita, in Osa de Puntarenas. According to police sources, the foreigner named Aaegaard was approached by two subjects who shot him in the right ankle to steal documents, […]
Costa Rican researcher turns plastic into gasoline and diesel
A little over four years ago, chemical engineer Germán Jiménez challenged himself to produce biodiesel from economic sources and after a couple of months of research he identified the process to transform plastic waste into alternative fuel, thanks to a university thesis in New Zealand. The investigations of his colleagues in alternative fuels made him […]
Ticos create sunscreen that protects coral reefs
A group of young people from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) created a natural sunscreen that protects marine life. In general, commercial sunscreens contain chemicals that cause coral bleaching, which causes their death. This also has a negative impact in marine ecosystems. Therefore, the university students presented the KapiScreen, a sunscreen free of chemicals […]