Visitors who practice adventure tourism in the country will have new safety regulations that include requirements, recommendations and good practices for both service providers and users. The Institute of Technical Standards of Costa Rica (Inteco) is launching three standards that are recognized worldwide and that can be used for the certification of services. -INTE / […]
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Judicial authorities look for missing American
The judicial authorities are looking for Charlie Edward Hughes, a 62-year-old American man. According to the report of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), Hughes would have disappeared on August 3rd, 2019 in the Puerto Jimenez sector. The OIJ also reported that they are trying to locate Jossette Yojansel Segura Hernández, 19, who disappeared on August […]
Unionist minimizes patient death
A union representative defended the health unions saying the death of a 48-year-old patient can’t be attributed to negligence, just because they are on strike. Luis Chavarría, general secretary of the National Union of Employees of the CCSS y la Seguridad Social (Undeca) stated that in the CCSS there are deaths every day, with or […]
Police saved injured parakeet
The Border Police saved a parakeet from being run over. As a result of the high temperatures that occurred in Los Chiles, Alajuela sector, the parakeet was disoriented, hungry and fatigued (…) it was barely moving embraced by the sun in a dusty street where a certain death awaited him,” as reported by the Department […]
Heavy rains caused floods in the South Zone
The National Emergency Commission (CNE) confirmed that due to the heavy rains of the last hours, the southern part of the country suffered floods. According to the first reports, the towns of Golfito, Osa, Palmar and Garabito, in Puntarenas, are the places where more rain fell and, as a consequence, there was saturation of rivers […]
Basic Rate reaches new minimum of the year, in favor of debtors
On Wednesday, the Central Bank reported that the Basic Passive Rate (TBP) reached 5.8%, a new low level in 2019 and a range that had not been seen since December last year. The TBP is an average of the rates that financial institutions use to capture resources and pay for user savings. This downward movement […]