La Casa del Cuño will host the first edition of the Expo Bici. This is an different option so that inhabitants of the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) know everything related to urban cycling. This activity is new in Costa Rica but it has already been carried out in countries such as Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina […]
Firefighters saved 5 puppies from a fire in Escazú
The Fire Department continues to save lives and not only people’s lives, but also animals’. On Sunday afternoon, they rescued five puppies from a fire in San Antonio de Escazú. In addition to the puppies, they saved a parakeet and a rabbit. The puppies were taken care of by paramedics from the Fire Department. They […]
A Costa Rican school went carbon neutral
Chimirol School is located In Cerro Chirripó, in Pérez Zeledón, and it is the first Costa Rican carbon-neutral educational center. How did they do it? -In 2015, this school managed to use solar panels as a source of energy supply. -The children received physics, music and plastic arts lessons in classrooms whose walls were built […]
Toucan was rescued in Puntarenas
Officers of the Public Force carried out an unsual rescue in Monte Verde, Puntarenas. They received a domestic violence report from a farm in San Luis, and they found a toucan that was injured and could not fly. The officers had to walk about 500 meters inside the property and while doing so, a person […]
San José’s colorful gift!
Zosen and Mina Hamada are two well-known visual artists and they are visiting Costa Rica. They are in the country because they participated in the International Design Festival (FID) and they stayed a few more days, invited by 7 Up, to paint a mural in one side of Sala Garbo. According to the artists, their […]
An unexpected visit!
Officials from Quepos Coastal Environmental Unit, along with staff from the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) of the Ministry of Environment, assisted a sea lion. The animal appeared at Terrazas del Pacifico Hotel in Jacó. Authorities checked that the marine mammal had a perfect health and, in order to guarantee the animal or a […]