The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) and 17 tourist companies are getting ready to attend the Top Resa Tourism Fair in France, which is considered one of the most important business meetings around the world. The event will be held from September 20th to September 23rd, in The Porte de Versailles exhibition centre. The fair […]
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Santa Ana wants its own craft market
Entrepreneurs from Santa Ana want to have a place in which they can gather, exhibit and sell the products and services they offer. As a result, on September 23rd, they will meet in the multipurpose hall of Santa Ana in order to create the first Association of Santa Ana’s Entrepreneurship to ask for gubernamental help […]
A guide for road construction will be presented during APT 2016
The National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models (LANAMME), assigned to the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), will present the first edition of a guide for road construction that takes into account local characteristics such as climatic conditions and soil type in the country. The new tool, which is […]
SINAC will recover protected areas
The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) is carrying out several actions to recover protected areas in Alajuela. Recovery actions are framed within 7575 Forestry Law, which protects areas such as streams, rivers and springs. After efforts from the Conservation Area in the Central Volcanic Range (ACCVC), the courts allowed the demolition of some facilities that […]
Sidewalks need to be improved!
René Montiel, a journalist, wanted to join the invitation to the Car-Free Day CR, 2016 that will take place on September 22nd. To get ready, he decided to start looking for alternative ways to get to work: by bus or walking. With the latter, Montiel wasn’t so lucky: acording to him, the conditions of public […]
3 legislators want to fine people who refuse to move their vehicles in car accidents
Legislators Antonio Álvarez and Michael Arce, from Partido de Liberación Nacional (PLN) and Otto Guevara, from Partido Libertario, are proposing a bill that aims to punish drivers who refuse to move their vehicles in crashes where there are only material losses. The fine would be 280,000 colones. The initiative reaffirms Article 168 of the Law […]