From May 11th until May 20th, you will have the opportunity to take out all the recyclable material you keep in your house. The Municipality of San José (MSJ) carries out the campaign in different districts, between 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Take note: • May […]

Can Poás Volcano continue with a constant and vigorous activity? It is difficult to answer, but scientists foresee two possible scenarios. Eliécer Duarte, a volcanologist at the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), explained that one of the only ways that eruptive activity continues to rise is if there is a duct open […]

From March 27th to March 31st, an educational campaign on dengue, chikungunya and zika diseases will be held in 1,100 pharmacies of the country. The initiative is organized by the College of Pharmacists of Costa Rica. The idea is that pharmacy professionals provide relevant information on each of the diseases, their risk factors, symptoms, consequences, […]

An agreement with the National Bank to tranfer funds from the country’s departure tax will help to deal with the difficult financial situation that Banco Crédito Agrícola (Cartago) is going through. In the last years, the entity has been experiencing a series of events that has affected its financial situation, which is still good, but […]

While some consider that opening RECOPE monopoly will be a relief to public spending, investment and improvement of prices as well as service, the Fuel Business Chamber considers that it is a false promise . As explained by its executive director, José Miguel Masís, even though the concept of free competition is attractive, in practice […]

Last year, 30 drivers were fined with 51,772 colones for driving vehicles on some of the country’s beaches. If you are caught doing the same thing, you will have to pay 51,317 colones. Mario Calderón, director of Traffic Police, issued a warning to people traveling to the beaches during this summer season, specially  before the […]