During his most recent to Costa Rica as a special guest for the Festival of Lights, Franklin Chang revealed plans to open a 100% Costa Rican Laboratory here in the country.
The lab will be a subsidiary of his company Ad Astra Technologies Inc. The company is working on development of Chang’s plasma motor […]
If you plan on going to the festival in Zapote, you’d bring a little extra for the “watchiman”. Local media reports that the famous car watchers are charging 3000 to 4000 Colones to care for your car parked on the street. The few official parking lots in the area are charging 5000 colones. […]
Too many cars and not enough rhythm complained most spectators that turned out to see the annual Carnaval in San José yesterday. Organizers were blamed for allowing too many participants and for not arranging correctly their order.
On the bright side, the disenchantment was likely to mean that less drivers would be ticketed, as compared […]
Last week the ICT board of directors approved plans for 370 slip marina in the Papagayo Bay. The project was presented by Ecodesarollo Papagayo, who will build the marina and other facilities within a 44 hectare parcel on the bay. The initial investment will be $15 million.
Last week the INS sold 10,247 insurance policies for cell phones. The policy is only available for telephones operating under the new GSM system, since they have an electronic serial number IMEI. This number allows the ICE to block the phone from the network, no matter whether or not a new SIM chip […]
Ticos set a new record for text messages on Christmas Eve, probably due to the 153,000 new users that have purchased new lines in December. The previous record was 11 million messages, during a soccer match between Alajuela and Saprissa. On a normal day 8 - 9 million messages are sent. […]
Over 2000 riders enjoyed a very traditional parade Monday. It was so traditional that it even began an hour later than scheduled, but right on time according to “Tico Time”. Presidential candidates Otto Guevara and Otton Solís rode in the parade with their constituents.
There were no incidents to report during the parade, […]
It was a dark and stormy night….
Even though Saprissa gave up an early goal to go down 3-0 in the overall score, they came back with 4 unanswered goals to advance to the final round of the playoffs against Perez Zeledon.
Goals
0-1, K. Bernard at 11′. 1-1, W. Centeno at 20′. 2-1 C. Bolaños […]
The Playa Buena Vista hatchery in Samara is preparing to release 218 leatherback turtles into the ocean. The project began in 2005 and since July has released 12,000 turtles.
Cesar Gamboa, General Director of Health, announced that because of restrictions imposed by the Commission on Crowd Control, no fireworks will be permitted in enclosed areas, like the bull ring, in Zapote. One reason for the restriction is an accident that ocurred last year in the fair.
