First in a series about the challenges facing the country’s public-education system.
By Katherine Stanley Tico Times Staff
Greivin has a new watch today, or at least a watch that’s new to him. He lets his friends gaze at it as they wait in line for lunch, or scamper through their small concrete courtyard during recess. […]
First in a series about the challenges facing the country’s public-education system.
By Katherine Stanley Tico Times Staff
Greivin, Ariana and Steven are in the second grade. They share, as do many kids their age, an uncanny ability […]
In honor of Canada Day on Saturday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer Kane von Kramer is in Costa Rica, where he visited three schools in Desamparados, south of San José, yesterday, according to a statement from the Canadian Embassy.
During the school visits, Kane answered curious students’ questions about Canada and gave them tips on […]
By Amanda Roberson Tico Times Staff
Heavy rains led the National Emergency Commission (CNE) to issue a green, preventive alert for the Central Valley, Northern Zone and Caribbean slope yesterday, according to the commission’s spokeswoman Rebecca Madrigal.
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Special to A.M. Costa Rica
An initiative to reverse forest loss in Latin America and the Caribbean has been presented at a United Nations-sponsored meeting this week in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said the initiative is needed because Latin America and the Caribbean have registered the world’s highest rate of forest […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
President Óscar Arias Sánchez paid a call on the representative of the Vatican here in San José and also met with local bishops.
The session was seen as a bridge-mending exercise because Arias and the local bishops differ on the topic of the free trade treaty with the United States. The […]
By Katherine Stanley - Tico Times Staff
Public Security Minister Fernando Berrocal confirmed yesterday that the Executive Branch will ask the Legislative Assembly to delay until December 2007 the date by which the controversial new immigration law must take effect, saying the government lacks the funds necessary to implement it in August as scheduled.
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Costa Rica is in the final stages of becoming certified to export chickens to the United States — Tico chicken farmers will likely be able to access the U.S. market in September, according to the daily La Nación.
In addition to the necessary U.S. certification, ratification of the Central […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Moody’s Investor Services has changed its mind about Costa Rica and now rates the country as stable instead of negative.
The company issues ratings that reflect the interest rates foreign investors demand for government and commercial bonds all over the world.
Moody’s said that the country’s debt ratio had improved. The […]
The price of regular and super gasoline will increase 5%, and the price of diesel gas will increase 9% thanks to price adjustments approved by the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP), according to a statement released by the authority yesterday.
The price of one liter of regular gas will […]
