José Adrián Bonilla will become the first Costa Rican ever to compete in the prestigious Tour de France. His Spanish team, Comunidad Valenciana, received an invitation from the organizers , one of two special invitations that the Tour makes.
The 2006 Tour will be July 1st to July 24th. Every year the race has a […]
Plagued by a 40 hour trip and assaulted by a pumped up Iranian squad, Costa Rica gave up 2 goals in the first 20 minutes. Once the Iranians took their foot (feet?) off the gas, the Ticos recovered and were able to equalize the action on the pitch with a 1-1 tie in the second […]
Although the TSE has yet to declare an official winner, Otton Solís has thrown in the towel, making Oscar Arias the next president of Costa Rica. At 7:30 pm on Friday, Solis admitted defeat while Arias accepted victory almost immediately.
Arias said “I am no longer the candidate of February 5th, I am now the President […]
PeopleSupport announced this week the opening of a call center, their first in Costa Rica, that will employ 500 people in customer service and management positions. The company employs 5000 people in the Philippines, offering support in English. The center here will be staffed with Spanish speaking operators.
The company gives support to large enterprises, who […]
The CCSS board of directors approved a rate hike in their session on January 26th.
Rates for housewives and students will pass from 8,318 colones per month to 9,495 colones. Self employed people will pay 9,555 colones each month.
In the country 468,249 people take out the voluntary insurance.
Next week taxi fares will rise, according to a resolution issued by ARESEP. The new rates:
The first kilometer goes from ¢330 to ¢350, and each extra kilometer will cost ¢320.
The 6.06 per cent increase will take effect when it is published in La Gaceta, the official newspaper.
A 10 kilometer trip will cost ¢200 more, going […]
Most Ticos seem to welcome a change of government, if you still believe what polls say after the recent election results!
A UCR poll conducted after E-day showed that 69 percent of Ticos believe that they will make more money than in 2005. Compared to a study conducted in November of last year, confidence rates soared. […]
No news is not good news in the case of Costa Rica’s highways, who will not receive the attention of work crews, who were scheduled to begin repairs this month under 22 maintenance contracts awarded by MOPT.
The contracts were halted because of appeals by construction companies Hernan Solís and Sanchez Carvajal. They question the validity […]
The MOPT has begun construction on an 11 kilometer long bike route near Puntarenas, along the Caldera - El Roble section of the highway. A second path will be built later in the year next to the highway from Quepos/Manuel Antonio to Barú.
The first path will cost $4.5 million dollars and will go from the […]
