Consorcio NEMO has won the concession for the administration of the popular Ojo de Agua baths near the airport and Belen. The company plans to clean up the pools and recereational areas that are there and to install new attractions like an artificial beach and 2 water slides, one 26 meters tall and one 15 […]
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Ericsson of Costa Rica, which won the contract to install the new GSM cell network of 600,000 lines will install a total of 339 bases, which is 71 more than originally specified. This will be on the house, so to speak, in order to insure "optimal quality of service" according to the company.
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After 2 months of abnormally heavy rains nationwide, meteorologists are predicting a week of sunshine. Since yesterday, no tropical fronts threaten either coast, which will let the sun come out, so head to the beach this weekend, if you trust the weatherman.
Due to the easing of prices in the international markets, RECOPE has asked for a hefty cut in gas prices, but not for diesel fuel. The cut would be 46.28 colones per liter of Super and 27.19 colones per liter of Regular gas.
The price authority has 15 days to analyze the request and another […]
MINAE (Environmental Ministry) and SETENA (Technical Secretariat of the Environment) have frozen environmental impact studies for projects in the Las Baulas Marine Park. Since the impact study is necessary for building permits, no new construction may take place on the beach bordering the park.
According to MINAE, the area is a fragile ecosystem that is key […]
5 high school students were selected as winners in the National Science Fair and will represent Costa Rica in an international fair to take place next May in Indianapolis. Their travel expenses will be donated by Intel. The winning projects:
José Pablo Jiménez (17), Olga Yuts (18) and Diego Ulate (17) won with their project "Decomposition […]
Playa Iguanita in the "tourism magnet" Papagayo will be set aside for public use and access. The cities of Liberia and Carillo may not authorize concessions in the 40 hectares of dry forest next to the beach. The agreement was penned by the cities and the director of the Papagayo Tourism Project supported the desicion […]
