by Rod Hughes
The international megabanks are going head-to-head to woo the small depositors and businesses in Central American and Panama, the daily paper La Nacion revealed today. Meanwhile, mid-sized international banks have been engaged in a sort of feeding frenzy.
Scotiabank bought out Banco Interfin. The BCT Corporation under direction of the respected Costa Rican financier, […]
25/7/7
Living in a neighbourhood where many of the people are worried about having enough money to live on puts all my problems into perspective. I keep reminding myself that even my bad days are better than their good ones, in most cases. However, that doesn’t stop me from […]
by Rod Hughes
A PanAmerican Highway for jaguars? (The cats, not the British cars.)
That is exactly what environmental scientists are planning, to save Central America’s biggest and most noble native feline, now teetering on the edge of extinction. For example, only an estimated 50 jaguars still roam Costa Rica, mostly in the Osa Peninsula, where they […]
by Rod Hughes
Ever wanted a really easy informative computer program that doesn’t need Bill Gates at your elbow to help you manage it? Ever wondered what damage your discarded CDs do to the environment and wished for a worry-free way to dispose of them?
Four Costa Rican teenagers have solved your problems—or will, if they can […]
by Rod Hughes
Want to see rural Costa Rica as it was until electricity, TV and the auto caught up with it?
The July 25 celebration of Guanacaste province’s annexation to Costa Rica (as this is written, 183 years ago) is the place to do it. Everyone gets into the mood, including Housing Minister Fernando Zumbado who […]
by Rod Hughes
When tourists want to visit Costa Rica, by Jove! they’re determined to do so at all costs!
When Air Plus Comet flight A7981 with 200 passengers aboard, bound for Costa Rica, was forced to return to Barajas, Spain, Monday, due to a problem with the flaps, the crew thought their problems were over when […]
by Rod Hughes
A local private dance school dominated competition in Chicago recently, earning 11 gold medals and thre silvers, reports the daily paper Al Dia. Danz Studio took a group of child dancers aged seven on up so the U.S. could see what Costa Rican kids can do under the guidance of professionals.
All 20 of […]
by Rod Hughes
The Fraud Division of Costa Rica’s judicial prosecution organization, OIJ, is investigating what promises to be a multi-million dollar scam to the detiment of the government, the daily newspaper La Nacion revealed today.
The newspaper says that various government entities gave a foundation grants of $1.3 million, plus land valued at $1.5 million to […]
(Our forum page readers may grow tired of our frequent admonition to “use a reputable realtor” or “your realtor can recommend a reliable lawyer” but the following story reveals why this is good advice.)
by Rod Hughes
The climate must be healthy in Costa Rica because even the dead do not stay dead, but sometimes arise from […]
by Rod Hughes
The first flights in the NASA mission TC-4 Wednesday to measure atmospheric conditions in the tropics was termed “successful.” Based out of San Jose’s Juan Santamaría International Airport, the flights carried both NASA and Costa Rican scientists.
The TC-4 mission uses two high-altitude jets, a high-flying ER-2 and a DC-8 with 40 scientists aboard. […]
