By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
To start a construction project in Costa Rica, a developer has to spend about a year getting approvals from some 30 separate entities by presenting some 107 documents, according to the minister to the Presidencia.
Rodrigo Arias, the minister and the brother of the president, called this situation a tragedy Tuesday […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Horseshoe Casino reopened Wednesday when operators decided to ignore what they consider an illegal closure by the Municipalidad de San José.
Jaime Ligator, president of the casino corporation, Favitro S.A., said he fully expected the Policia Municipal to close the place up again. But they did not.
Jaime Ligator He […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The telephone company has been told to charge by the minute for information calls to 113. The service is expected to be cheaper for users, according to the regulating agency.
The service has been free because the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad failed to produce a telephone book for 2005. But the […]
By Amanda Roberson, Tico Times Staff
The five Central American countries that make up the Central American Integration System (SICA) didn’t involve Costa Rica when naming Nicaraguan Foreign Minister as its coordinator […]
By Leland Baxter-Neal, Tico Times Staff
A legislative aid told national media yesterday she is ready to name names and testify in what has so far been an unsubstantiated rumor of […]
8/31/6
I got my truck back, and we picked up two more loads of sod. We finished planting that, and it has stayed green. I believe it has taken root, and now we are waiting for it to spread. I bought a lawn mower, and have cut the lawn once already. It will be ready to […]
By Amanda Roberson, Tico Times Staff
Hotels in north-central Costa Rica will have a chance to help the environment and reduce spending through an energy-saving program carried out by the nonprofit Energy […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
and wire service reports
The long arm of Ernesto did little damage to Costa Rica, and the country barely felt the presence of Pacific Tropical Storm John, which was 250 miles or 400 kms. southeast of Acapulco earlier today.
The country’s emergency commission reported that some houses in Heredia suffered wind damage […]
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
The United States will allow importation from Costa Rica of pink and red tomatoes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has ruled.
The ruling also covers El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
The department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced Monday that it is amending its regulations to allow, under certain conditions, […]
By Blake Schmidt Tico Times Staff
Río Lagarto, Guanacaste – Disillusioned with life as a beer vendor in the stuffy, smoke-choked suburban Central Valley, Carlos Bolaños packed his bags and headed for the hills of this northwestern province.
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