The night and dawn was quite busy for the residents of Cartago, where 20 earthquakes were recorded in less than five hours. The most intense earthquake was a 4.4 tremor that occurred at 12:18 am, five kilometers east of Orosi at a depth of six kilometers, as reported by the National Seismological Network (RSN) to […]

Tropical wave number 39 caused rains in the last hours that in turn generated 10 floods in some areas of the country. Sigifredo Pérez, chief of operations of the National Emergency Commission (CNE) said that floods were registered in the western part of the Central Valley, as well as Abangares, Nicoya, Santa Cruz and the […]

As of this Thursday, October 10th, Avenida 6, from Calle 13 (Turrialba stop) to Calle 14 (Parque del Ministerio de Salud) will change its direction. This was reported by the Press Department of the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT). According to the MOPT, the measure was taken as part of the process of […]

The application of Value Added Tax (VAT) in electricity rates of all distribution companies in the country will range between 3% and 7%. The calculation was made by the Chamber of Distributor Companies (Cedet) that on Tuesday announced in a press conference that the government simply ignored the concerns of the sector to try to […]

A piece of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite, which fell in the North Zone in April, was donated to the Field Museum in Chicago, United States. This was reported by this institution on Monday. According to Phillip Heck, an official and scientist at the museum, the donation is relevant because this type of meteorite is “really […]

After going to the outskirts of the US Embassy in San José, taxi drivers moved to Circunvalación doing Tortuguismo. The drives organzied a demonstration to show discontent against a bill promoted by the Economic Affairs Commission of the Legislative Assembly to regulate Uber and other applications responsible for managing the private transport of people. At […]