Construction work at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaría international airport is expected to be completed before the June 2010 deadline stipulated by the concession contract. The expansion will increase the number of check-in counters from 58 to 78, allowing more airlines to operate. The number of immigration stands will also increase. Other works include rebuilding the [...]
A road project that was first designed more than 30 years ago, is about to be inaugurated as a reality in Costa Rica. The 77km highway from San Jose to Caldera is expected to cut 45 minutes off travel to the Central Pacific Coast, which is currently accessible via Aguacate along a one lane winding [...]
Brooke Mueller 911 call appears to be damaging enough evidence against Charlie Sheen, as the actor awaits a February 8 hearing regarding assault charges against him. But that’s almost nothing compared to an affidavit written by Colorado police officer Rick Magnuson, who was on the Christmas Eve scene at the Sheen’s rented Aspen residence. In [...]
Alberto Martén, a prominent Costa Rican politician who is best known for having founded the country’s Solidarity Associations movement, died of natural causes early Saturday in his home in Santa Ana, west of San José, according to the daily La Nación. He was 100 years old. Martén, a lawyer, was a leading figure in Democratic [...]
By TCRN Staff Thousands of Costa Ricans and foreign tourists continue to arrive at bus stations in San Jose to take the final week of the year and go for a vacation or to visit relatives and to compensate, the bus companies have increased the number of buses in their routes. Henri Pescod, Caribbean Transport [...]
Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, may not only ease physical pain, but the pain of social rejection as well, U.S. researchers found. Psychologist C. Nathan DeWall of the University of Kentucky said physical and social pain appear to overlap in the brain — relying on some of the same behavioral and neural mechanisms. In [...]
Are you an adrenaline junkie? Check out this great video of ATV racing video shot at a track in the middle of the Jungle. Getting Dirty in Costa RicaCargado por Adrenalina. – Descubre los videos de deportes más espectaculares.
By Leslie Josephs ABANGARES, Costa Rica – Costa Rica is pushing to legalize hundreds of small-scale miners who scrape out tiny amounts of gold from abandoned mine shafts using dangerous and polluting techniques. Lured by record prices for gold, which topped $1,200 an ounce this year, some 600 informal miners around the town of Abangares [...]
BY OLIVER PÉREZ It seems as though the districts of Samara and Nosara will have to make due with a low road maintenance budget next year, as they will have to share 48 million colones ($85,000) allocated by the Municipality of Nicoya. The funds have been established by the Municipality, protected by the Tributary Simplification [...]
By Alex Leff The rollicking rock’n’ roll extravaganza known as Festival Imperial will not take place next year as planned, the event’s organizers announced last week. Speaking to radio host Amelia Rueda, a spokeswoman for the organizers – Imperial beer brewer Florida Bebidas – said the company cannot take the risk in view of an [...]
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