PAC leader Ottón Solís and president-elect Oscar Arías met in person at the Arias house in Rohrmoser for the first time since the election. The meeting last 2 hours and 40 minutes and was a result of efforts by John Biehl, a friend and political advisor to both men.
While continuing to disagree about the possibility […]
In its first eruption since 1994, the Poás Volcano shot mud and water 50 meters into the air before a small group of about 50 tourists. The area was evacuated immediately and visits to the volcano were suspended over the weekend.
According to OVISCORI the eruption on Friday lasted 5 minutes, from Noon to 12:05 pm. […]
RACSA has contracted Editorial Trejos Hermanos to print the 2006 white pages. Oscar Chacón, director of the project, explained that after a three month analysis of offers, the contract for the printing of 900,000 guides was awarded at a price of $3 million. The deal is subject to approval by the Comptroller General and printing […]
Puntarenas 3 - Saprissa 0
Brujas 2 - Alajuela 1
Liberia 2 - San Ramon 0
Santos 2 - Cartago 2
Pérez Zeledón 1 - Carmelita 0
Heredia 2 - Santa Cruz 2
GROUP A
Puntarenas is classified for Playoffs.
Upcoming Matches (Final Games of Regular Season
THURSDAY MARCH 30
Ramonense-Herediano, Guillermo Vargas Roldán Stadium, 7 p.m. Both teams are eliminated, San Ramon drops to […]
On Wednesday and Thursday things didn’t work out very well for the Costa Rican teams in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
Saprissa visited Toluca and left with a 2 - 0 defeat. They face a tough match on Sunday at local group leader Puntarenas, but at least will have a chance to reverse fortunes […]
Gas prices in Costa Rica will rise as soon as a rate hike approved by ARESEP is published in La Gaceta. Super will rise ¢12, from ¢463 to ¢475 per liter. Regular gasoline regular goes up ¢13, from ¢440 to ¢453, diesel will rise the same amount, going from ¢313 to ¢326 per liter.
Lilliana Salas, leader of the PUSC legislators, confirmed that the Executive Branch will try to get only 2 projects approved in the last month of sessions. One priority is a bill that reforms the Administrative Contracts Law, which would make purchasing easier for public institutions. The other is an amendment to the Public […]
The Legislative Assembly cleared the way for cities to declare a tax amnesty for those who owe property taxes. 42 of the 43 representatives present approved the plan, which is likely to pass in a second debate on Tuesday. Under the plan, cities may forgive penalties, interest and service charges for those […]
ICE has sold 50% of the GSM lines available on the new Ericsson network, but of the 300,000 remaining it needs 200,000 to offer the new “prepaid” service. Since ICE is selling 2000 – 2500 new lines per day, the remaining lines will run out in July or August if the pace remains steady. […]
SITEC has launched a cell phone based business directory, called FonoGuia, that allows users to get the phone number and address of the closest business that offers services they require. The free software is basically a portable phone book installed into a telephone, PDA or laptop. The guide has 5,000 businesses grouped into 5 […]
