In a little less than three weeks, dengue cases in the country increased by 1,800. As of October 19th, the Ministry of Health and the Costa Rican Institute for Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health (Incense) reported 7,169 cases of dengue, while at the beginning of that month the figure was 5,338. Only ten […]
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University students create detergent made from eggshells
A group of chemistry students from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) created a detergent made with eggshells. According to the teaching center, the product has a powder and liquid presentation and was designed to facilitate the work of the cleaning staff of the School of Chemistry. Proneat was born from the interest of helping […]
Hackaton focused on software to estimate impacts from natural disasters
This weekend, ten teams participated in the hackathon with the development of software that allows to estimate, in a short term, the impacts of disasters in the agricultural sector. For this competition, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), CENFOTEC University, the National Animal Health Service (SENASA), World Animal Protection and Microsoft summoned university […]
Garabito will have its first gastronomic festival
Many national and foreign tourists can be part of the first Garabito Luces del Mar Gastronomic Festival “Nos vemos en el parque” (See you in the Park) that will be held next December. The Festival will be held from 11 am to 11 pm on December 6th and 7th, and from 10 am to 10 […]
Costa Rica is the best wildlife and nature destination
Costa Rica was selected as the best wildlife and nature destination in 2019 by the British magazine Selling Travel. According to Laura Gelder, editor of the magazine, all of her readers decided on Costa Rica. We did a reader survey this year that asked agents in which travel segments they were most interested; wildlife and […]
Legislator responds to President of the Court and makes three complaints about the Judiciary
Pedro Muñoz, from the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC), responded on Wednesday to the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Fernando Cruz, and pointed out three complaints. In an intervention in the Legislative Plenary, Muñoz mentioned alleged abuses of the magistrates of the Judiciary to benefit the Citizen Action Party (PAC) and accused Cruz […]