Pay attention if you must transit through downtown San José these days, as the Municipality announced new closures. From January 16th to 26th, there will be a 24-hour closure on Avenue 3, between streets 20 and 26, due to the change of pipes. The MSJ informed that the Pluvial Network Section will install larger diameter […]
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250 thousand people will have no water service on Thursday
The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers will carry out a series of maintenance work on the Tres Ríos plant on Thursday, and that will affect the drinking water service for 250 thousand people. The suspension will occur on January 18th from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and it could be extended to Moravia […]
Costa Rica will be a leader in business tourism
Only in 2017, the country hosted hundreds of people of different nationalities and, apparently, has positioned itself as an important point of reference for business tourism. From 2017 until 2021, Costa Rica will serve as the cradle for a total of 60 international congresses, as confirmed by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) after the […]
4.7-degree earthquake shook the north of Guanacaste
In the north of Guanacaste the ground continues to move relentlessly. After the seismic swarms reported last week, this Wednesday, the National Seismological Network (RSN) registered a new earthquake. The telluric movement occurred at 5:40 a.m. and it had a magnitude of 4.7 degrees. The epicenter was located 11 kilometers southeast of Bijagua, in Upala […]
Another Costa Rican Sloth makes international news
The rescue of a small sloth that survived the high tide in the South Zone, caused by the influence of cold front, echoed beyond Costa Rican borders. Dirk Morgan, owner of Morgan’s Jungle Lodge in Puerto Jiménez de Osa, saved the animal’s life. According to Morgan, he and an American from Ohio found the 2-toed […]
Candidates describe environmental advocates as “extremists and eco-terrorists”
On Tuesday morning there was a debate between five presidential candidates focused on the agricultural issue and production. Juan Diego Castro, Antonio Álvarez, Rodolfo Hernández, Carlos Alvarado and Rodofo Piza addressed several issues related to Costa Rican agriculture. One of them was the struggle of environmental groups against the agricultural production. The candidate of the […]