Tourists left their mark on the Ballena Marine National Park in Osa, with 1.5 tons of garbage, in barely 50 meters of beach. Sthepanie Mory, ai administrator of the park, commented that this is a situation that unfortunately repeats itself every high season: Christmas and New Year, Easter and during the 15-day vacation in July. […]
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Immigration control system had a fault and caused long lines
Yesterday, hundreds of passengers showed their discomfort at the Juan Santamaría International Airport, due to a fault in the Migration systems, which also affected the Daniel Oduber airport in Liberia. The Directorate General of Migration and Foreigners (DGME) informed that the incident occurred as a result of an impact on the immigration control system. The […]
Education finally reaches Térraba after years of waiting
After several years waiting for the right to education, Térraba indigenous community finally has a school for their children. The school houses 150 students from the seventh to the eleventh grade. In addition, 18 people from the community work there. However, to have the educational center, the town went through a long waiting process. According […]
Candidates have 30 days to convince voters with advertising
The electoral ban for Christmas and New Year’s Eve was completed on January 1st. From January 3rd and until the 31st (four days before the elections), the presidential candidates and the political parties have permission to advertise in the media. The candidates have a month to convince voters to go to the polls to support […]
Leave your Christmas tree here
On January 2nd, the public-private Christmas tree harvesting campaign began in Goicoechea, one of the 10 cantons to responsibly dispose of the tree. Since December 25th and until January 31st, the company Farmagro and various municipalities have joined forces to turn the trees into small pieces that are then used for garden decoration, landscaping or […]
32 thousand migratory movements per day since December 15th
Since the General Directorate of Migration and Foreigners (DGME) began the special operation of the end and beginning of the year, on December 15th, an average of 32,000 migratory movements were recorded in all the borders. On January 2nd, after 17 days of the operation, the DGME reported 540 thousand movements. With greater flow at […]