Lance Harrell Editor in Chief Two iconic pieces of Costa Rican entertainment were brought together last week for three nights of latin rock. It was a packed house at the Jazz Café Escazu last Friday when the band Mal Pais took the stage. From their first song to their last, their unique musical style energized [...]
By Graham Swindell Regional News Correspondent Voice of Nosara Costa Rica’s National Surf Circuit, sponsored by Iced Britt Coffee, was held in head-high plus wave conditions at the main break of Playa Guiones on Saturday May 22nd and Sunday May 23rd. The contest brought some of Costa Rica’s finest talent to Nosara, where they competed [...]
By Marcia Banes “I don’t speak Spanish” is a phrase that you might expect to hear in Nosara from a visiting Tourist, but it is more often used by many of Nosara’s long term residents who speak little or no Spanish. As the number of foreign residents moving to Nosara increases, so does the need [...]
Featured Columnist – Meditations Martin LeFerve The Dalai Lama has said that he may not reincarnate again, and if he does, it will not be in Tibet. He isn’t referring to illumination however. After all, bodhisattvas reincarnate; illumined beings incarnate. The Dalai Lama is saying he’ll reincarnate in another country because the Chinese have corrupted the [...]
South Korea (Reuters) – China deflected pressure to censure North Korea at a regional summit on Sunday, instead urging its neighbors to calm tensions over the sinking of a warship and avoid any clash that could shake Asia. Seoul and Tokyo blame North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong-il visited China earlier this month, of torpedoing [...]
(Reuters) – The remnants of Tropical Storm Agatha dumped more rain on Guatemala and El Salvador on Sunday after killing at least 16 people in the region. Rescue workers scrambled to restore communications to towns and villages cut off by landslides when Agatha, the first named storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season, slammed into [...]
by LUIS EDO. DIAZ The Aresep has scheduled six public hearings, the majority of which are next month, to address several requests regarding the rate increase for services like public transport and energy. The strongest increase to be examined by the Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) is the 248% increase in bus fares for [...]
by ALEJANDRA VARGAS M Two new species of transparent mini-shrimp were discovered by scientists at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) in the waters off Cocos Island, 532 km from Puntarenas. These microscopic organisms-only 1.5 millimeters long, are at the base of the food chain of marine ecosystems. Both belong to a subclass of animals [...]
by JAIRO VILLEGAS S. The aquifers, fish and people of Costa Rica are exposed to contamination by heavy metals released by technological garbage. If these computers, cell phones, batteries, photocopiers, televisions and appliances are not recycled or treated properly, they can release substances such as chromium, lead, mercury, nickel and cobalt. David Benavides, coordinator of [...]
by PABLO FONSECA Q Costa Rica has officially adopted the digital television format created by Japan, but adapted to be used by Brazil in Latin America. By an executive order published in La Gaceta, Costa Rica and joined countries such as Chile, Argentina, Venezuela and Peru, which have also chosen this standard, technically known as [...]
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