By Shane Brennan The dreams of the Global Renewable Energy Education Network Team transformed into reality over winter break when their renewable energy program in Costa Rica launched its pilot session. Students landed at the San Jose airport on Jan. 5 and spent 12 days learning and applying renewable energy ideas, enjoying the environment and giving [...]
by TCRN Staff The winners of the XXVI Festival of Choreographers Graciela Moreno yesterday received their prizes at the National Theater, the organizer of the activity. Jody Steiger, director of the historic theater, and Virginia Pérez-Ratton, Director of the foundation TEOR / éTica, passed out the awards. Ana Maria Moreno, creator of the choreography cafile, [...]
by TCRN Staff Costa Rica and Singapore hashed out an agreement on Thursday to establish rules that investors must meet in order to provide financial services here in Costa Rica. Fernando Ocampo, chief negotiator for the FTA said yesterday that to finalize this aspect of the agreement approximately two more weeks are required. The official [...]
by TCRN Staff The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asked the Department of Migration to process work permits for Haitians living illegally in Costa Rica. This proposal aims to allow these foreigners to obtain income and send remittances home, which was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.3 degrees on the Richter scale on January [...]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Kanye West is making a comeback – in all caps. The outspoken rapper, who has kept unusually quiet since his infamous interruption of Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards last fall, has drawn fire recently for his outfits at Paris Fashion Week, and had something to say about it [...]
Convinced that the four-decade-old, U.S.-led war on drugs has failed, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and other countries are relaxing penalties for possession and personal use of small amounts of narcotics. Critics warn drug abuse and violence will rise if the small-scale consumption of cocaine, marijuana and other drugs is tolerated, but policy makers in [...]
By Indiana Corrales Guatemala’s protected areas authority Conap will start planting tulle in Atitlán lake in Sololá province by March, Conap’s Atitlán technical unit director Juan Mendoza said. Tulle acts as a natural filter and will help clean up the highly contaminated lake, Mendoza said, adding that if all goes according to schedule, tulle will [...]
by TCRN Staff The Turrialba volcano is going back to its previous classification as “passive degassing”, which is the state it was in before it began to throw up ash in early January. That’s the conclusion that both the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), National University, and the National Seismological Network (RSN), [...]
by TCRN Staff The National Emergency Commission (CNE) yesterday established a green alert for the Pacific Ocean coast as there will be some of the highest tides in the last five years. Rebeca Morera, an official of the National Meteorological Institute said the waves could exceed three meters from today, Sunday, and that levels will [...]
by TCRN Staff The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) gave the go ahead for the Ministry of Health to carry out AH1N1 checking and monitoring on election day. Permission was granted by the Registry of the Court, granting authority to the Ministry to incorporate health personnel and surveillance at all the voting centers in the country. [...]
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