As parents gear up for the start of the school year, the INS reminds them to protect their children with a student insurance policy. Students must be enrolled in schools certified by MEP (schools and high schools) or CONESUP (universities). They may also get the insurance if they go to private homes, day care centers […]
While many Costa Ricans have apparently decided on Oscar Arias as president, the battle for seats in the Assembly is fierce. Traditionally, Ticos voted straight ticket for PLN or PUSC. The current assembly is the most fragmented in years. Also the worst in many years! So now the question is will Ticos vote in the […]
The latest polls show Oscar Arias winning in the first round, but PAC candidate Otton Solís says that Costa Ricans are hiding their true intentions from pollsters. "Impossible! The word on the street is different, there is a hidden vote that will say ‘no’ to the candidate who is hiding. " (alluding to Arias who […]
While you will be more likely to buy "Patí" than a hot dog, every day you get one step closer to being able to enjoy the not-national pastime, baseball, in the venerable "Big Boy" stadium in Limon Province. The 59 year old stadium is undergoing an 80 million colon makeover that should be completed by […]
In a national broadcast, Otton Solís lamented that his fellow candidate Oscar Arias would not debate him in the final week of the campaign. Solis accused " A group of people are trying to hold hostage democracy and they say that debating is fighting. I proposed a debate to show that there is a group […]
"We are going to put the country in orbit, and we will start with the province of Guanacaste", were the words that Franklin Chang chose to announce his new scientific laboratory in Liberia. The first step of the project is to build 3 vacuum chambers. 2 will be exported to a company in the US […]
Survivors and family members of victims in the Banco Nacional of Monteverde assault have filed claims for 1,700,000,000 colones ($3.4 million) against the assailant Erly Hurtado, Banco Nacional, the State and the security company Delta S.A.
The highest amount claimed is by the family of Mario Lopez, a bus ticket vendor who died in the assault. […]
The Tico Times Online
Among the issues that will sway Costa Rican voters in the upcoming presidential election, environmental concerns appear to have a stronger pull than candidates have taken into consideration in their campaigns.
Though a recent survey conducted for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Costa Rica revealed 73% of eligible voters in the country agree […]
From Friday to Sunday the First National Orchid Expo will take place in Coronado on the east side of San Jose. Over 500 varieties will be on display. Orchids are the most numerous family of plants in the world, in Costa Rica over 1400 species are documented. The exposition is in the Amadita Malavassi School, […]
Costa Rica’s pure, clean rivers have presented a fatal attraction during the first days of 2006. This fact points out that if you aren’t very familiar with the river or swimming hole you would like to take a dip in, it would be better not to enter.
Jorge Rovira, subdirector of assistance of the Red […]
