By Leland Baxter-Neal
Tico Times Staff
As a part of the ongoing expansion of the private Clínica Bíblica Hospital in downtown San José, administrators dedicated a new building to two brothers hospital officials said saved the hospital from closure in 1968.
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The three-day weekend stimulated hundreds of pilgrims to start their walk to Cartago a little earlier this year.
A steady stream of walkers was arriving at the Basilica de los Ángeles Sunday under partly cloudy skies, 90 percent humidity and temperatures that reached 32.5 Celsius or about 90.5 Fahrenheit.
Wednesday is the […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The board of directors of Radiográfica Costarricense S.A., the government Internet company, has authorized a cut in rates and an increase in the speed of connection, the company said.
The company did not specify the rate cuts, but the cable modem rate for 256 download and 64 kilobits per second upload […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Some organic food producers fear the free trade treaty with the United States and consider it the kiss of death for their business.
They made themselves visible Sunday at the Feria Agroecológica at the Museo Nacional.
The event was billed as a time to share information on organic farming methods and to […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Another hitch has developed with lawmakers approving the free trade treaty with the United States.
The Centro para el Desarrollo Indígena says that Costa Rica is bound by a 1992 international labor convention to consult Indian tribes about the measure.
In Costa Rica international treaties and conventions trump the Constitution and other […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The executive branch has sent legislators 38 law proposals to be considered and perhaps acted upon during the so-called extraordinary session that begins Aug. 1
Among the proposals, according to legislative sources, is an executive branch proposal for changes in the income tax law and a law to create new taxes […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
A 2-year-old experiment in the commercial production of hay has resulted in significant income for farmers in the Bagaces areas. They are growing a high-protein mix of two tropical grasses.
More than 140,000 17-kilo (37-pound) bales have been shipped in two years resulting in an income of 800 million colons, about […]
Costa Rica’s schools have chronically suffered from a shortage of desks and chairs for their students, but the expansion of an agreement between the Public Security Ministry and the Public Education Ministry (MEP) through which prisoners build furniture for schools seeks to end this problem by having prisoners build 80,000 desk-and-chair sets by the end […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The highway from San José to Cartago is about 23 kilometers, and it is but one of three major routes to the town.
Starting this weekend, all those routes will be congested with pilgrims on their way to do homage to the patroness of Costa Rica, the Virgen de los Angeles.
The […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Lawmakers just could not get around to accepting a $130 million loan from the Japanese Bank of International Cooperation.
The deadline will be Monday, but there is little chance of passage by then. Ricardo Sancho Chavarría, executive president of the Instituto de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, told lawmakers that he had to […]
