To celebrate the National Doctor’s Day, health professionals will offer their services for free in the Health Fair. It is organized by the Association of Physicians and Surgeons. The Health Fair will be held on October 10th and October 11th, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Association of Physicians in Sabana Sur. We […]
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The National Theater Company will present La Noche Árabe Show
La Noche Árabe Show (the Arab Night show) will be presented next week in San José. The National Theater Company (CNT) will perform the work at La Aduana for the first time. The presentation is set on a December, hot afternoon. Under this premise, a series of adventures will simultaneously and radically change 5 people’s […]
Cabify already has San José in its operations portfolio
Cabify will start operations in Costa Rica, heating up a market of private transport that is already shaken by the sudden incursion of Uber in August 2015. The mobile application of Spanish origin is similar to the US company: it allows contact between drivers and users through a digital platform. The company confirmed its interest […]
American Embassy will be closed on Monday
The US Embassy and Consulate in Costa Rica will be closed next Monday, October 10th, due to an American national holiday. On October 12th, 1997, US President Richard Nixon declared the second Monday of October as a national holiday. That day pays tribute to Christopher Columbus, who first came to America on October 12th, 1492. […]
Zika gave a slight truce in September
Only 31 national cases of Zika were reported in the last week of September, making the number of patients with the virus reach 1222. Apparently, there is a slowing trend in positive diagnoses, according to the report by the Ministry of Health, released on October 5th. There are 48 pregnant women with the disease, and one […]
Latin America and the Caribbean are showing signs of economic recovery
According to the new semiannual World Bank report on Latin America and the Caribbean, both regions are showing signs of economic recovery and a higher amount of exports, including high-quality new products, The region is expected to contract by 1.1% in 2016 before recovering and grow to 1.8% in 2017, as stated by the report of Consensus Forecast. […]