by Rod Hughes
While the central offices of the Social Security Administration section, the Caja, that runs the nation’s hospital will be closed during the holiday season, the hard-working hospitals and clinics will remain open, except for Dec. 25 and 31 when only emergencies will be accepted.
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by Rod Hughes
The bright red Toyota Supra of Javier Quiros snaked around the twisty course at La Guacima yesterday for a win in the Three Hours of Costa Rica and a second place in the championship for their class. A record 20,000 spectators, the most in the 33 years of […]
by Rod Hughes
The recent documentary film “Sharkwater” that criticized the Costa Rican government’s inaction in curbing the cruel shark finning practice in its Pacific territorial waters first resulted in official denial and then a remarkably elegant solution.
Shark finning is mainly done by foreign commercial fishing […]
By Peter Krupa
Tico Times Staff | pkrupa@tico…
Costa Rica appears to be on track to expand its petroleum refinery with the help of a Chinese oil company. The broad goals are to triple the refinery’s output and increase quality. Officials said the collaboration could also lead one day to oil […]
