Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) reported that around 370 thousand people will not have water on Tuesday in some sectors, due to the maintenance of the treatment plant in Tres Ríos. The suspension will be from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and includes places such as San José, Curridabat, Desamparados, Montes de Oca, Goicoechea, El Carmen […]
Epsy Campbell: “information shows a real scam to the BCR”
Legislator Epsy Campbell, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), said on Monday that the information gathered so far on the investigation of the cementazo case exposes a scam to the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR). The legislator said that there is also an unacceptable network of relations between the powers of the Republic, where people […]
Man died after falling to Virilla River on La Platina bridge
On Monday afternoon, a man died after falling into the riverbed of Route 1, in the vicinity of the bridge. According to the communications department of the Red Cross, he was declared dead on the site. For now, it is unknown how this person came to that place. crhoy.com
Meet N’YU’TI, the new bus designed by Franklin Chang
Its name is N’YU’TI. This is the new bus developed by Ad Astra Rocket, the company of Costa Rican scientist Frankling Chang, which was inaugurated on Monday in Liberia, Guanacaste. Instead of using petroleum derivatives to move, such as gasoline, it works with hydrogen. Hence its name “N’YU’TI” which means star, which are composed mostly […]
Seven supermarket chains signed code of good practices
On Moday, supermarket chains Automercado, Compra Bien, Megasuper, Perimercados, Pequeño Mundo, Pricesmart and Walmart signed a Code of Good Commercial Practices, together with the Costa Rican Chamber of the Food Industry (CACIA). The objective of this code is to seek transparency in commercial relationships, as well as more and better businesses between companies, their suppliers […]
Costa Rica continues to fight to eliminate the use of plastic
Costa Rica seeks to advance steadily in its commitment to become an area free of single-use plastic. In 2016, around seven billion people generated 300 million tons of plastic waste in the world. The United Nations Organization estimates that some eight million tons of this waste go to the oceans every year, causing serious damage […]