A possible increase in the charge for downloading data services on mobile Internet jeopardizes access to information. As consequence, the digital division could grow. People who oppose the measure are using this argument to reject competition in the mobile service rates, because, in their opinion, it enables differentiated charge. Last year, the Press Club made […]
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There won’t be many job offers by the end of the year
Employment will grow less during the next vacation as the trade sector is depressed. A similar situation took place in 2015. The prospect of entrepreneurs was compiled by the Institute for Research in Economics (ICSI) from the University of Costa Rica (UCR). Max Soto, director of ICSI, declared that it draws the attention that traders’ […]
Korea and Costa Rica strengthened their diplomatic relations
On October 12th, president of the republic Luis Guillermo Solís met president of Korea Park Geun-hye. The meeting ass part of the activities included in the Asian tour. They also planned to sign several cooperation agreements on the exchange of tax information, health, safety, science and technology. The president also received an honorary doctorate from […]
Social network users are getting tricked
According to a survey conducted by Eset Latin America security firm, 30% of social network users clicked misleading publications, 35% experienced an incident of malware or spam and 15% were victims of phishing (personal information theft). This means that 1 out of 3 users were infected with some kind of malicious code through social engineering […]
Costa Rican best short movies in Festival Shnit
The five international winners from the Shnit Festival will be announced in New York on October 16th. However, two national short films were declared winners of the sixth edition that ended on October 9th. Nathalie Álvarez Mesén won as Costa Rica best short film for “Asunder”. The short is about the desire of Nia, along with […]
Young women with breast cancer are increasing
Breast cancer is not longer a disease that attacks only women over 60 years old. It has become a big problem for young women. According to the Tumor Registry of the Ministry of Health, 59% of cases of breast cancer detected in Costa Rica are in women aged 30 to 59 years old. Mejdi Yodeiri, […]