Costa Rica will soon step into the next generation of cell phone technology, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), the country’s state-run telecommunications monopoly, announced Friday.
The institute plans to acquire 1.3 million 3G cellular lines to be installed by April of next year, according to an ICE statement.
3G networks are long-range networks that were designed […]
Guanacaste province, already a tourist mecca, is due to get up to 3,500 new hotel rooms within the next three years, reported the weekly The Beach Times based in the Tamarindo area.
A 38-mile (60 kilomenter) stretch of coastline on Costa Rica’s northwest Pacific coast will be the site of nine major hotel and resort projects, […]
Environmental groups heaved a sigh of relief this week when Environment and Energy Minister Roberto Dobles assured the daily newspaper La Nacion Wednesday that he will vote against lifting the ban on whale hunting in the multi-nation international commission governing the protection of the endangered species.
Dobles said unnamed “private interests” had agreed to pay $31,819 back […]
By Rod Hughes
Minister of Public Education Leonardo Garnier is rolling up his sleeves to battle the triple-headed dragon of bureaucratic chaos, corruption and favoritism in the hiring of teachers, reports the English-language newspaper The Tico Times in an exclusive, in-depth front page article today. This is a serious subject in a country that prides itself […]
by Rod Hughes from news reports
Time is running short for the Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica’s Supreme Court to rule on the proposal to put congressional debate regarding ratification of the Central […]
A group of scientists roved the Nicoya Peninsula of Guanacaste Province last week, seeking confirmation of previous studies indicating that more people live far longer in that area than the world average, reported the daily La Nacion. The study was financed by the National Geographic Society and the U.S. National Institute on Ageing. Moreover, previous studies showing […]
by Rod Hughes
Within a little more than a year, a million land lines and 1.5 million cell phones will have eight digits, reported Costa Rica’s leading daily today. All phones currently have seven except for the 911 emergency number
The country only has one area code (506) so, to accommodate the proliferation of lines and especially […]
10/2/7
It’s been very busy these past few weeks. Joyce and Liam came to visit for 10 days. Two women, Lorrie and Jen, from Linda’s work were here for a week. When we took them back to the airport, we stayed to meet two guys from Bracebridge who were coming in on the same plane the […]
A poll published in the daily La República yesterday found that 62% of Costa Ricans questioned said they support the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA), while 37% said they oppose this controversial trade pact.
The poll also questioned Ticos about whether they fear violence surrounding future CAFTA protests, and 15% said they […]
The Spanish airline Iberia recently announced plans to add daily direct flights to San José beginning in June, according to a statement from the Costa Rica Tourism Institute (ICT).
The airline currently makes seven flights weekly to Costa Rica from Spain : six with layovers in either Guatemala or Panama and one direct flight. In June, […]
