World News

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – San José, our capital city, is among the 10 cities of the world that are part of the program, Citizens Online, that recently launched the popular mobile application, Waze. The initiative was officially announced last night...

Dreaming of Costa Rica Beachfront Property?Now is the time, especially when you fall in love with these well-maintained and affordable properties. All 3 properties are beachfront in Puntarenas with public road access.Great location close to the airport, hospital,...

Nestled in the Caribbean of Costa Rica is Tortuguero, a community used to living surrounded by fresh water, sea and natural wealth.To get to Tortuguero, it’s necessary to travel for over an hour by boat on the rivers and...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Watch out! Unscrupulous people are trying to run scams in the name of the National Insurance Institute (INS).According to the insurer, the scam is to get people’s information for an alleged "financial offer”...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) approved a 3.7% increase in electricity rates for customers of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). The new rates become effective as of October 1.Since July this...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Superintendent of Telecommunications (Sutel) announced a possible outage of home and mobile internet for this weekend.This is because maintenance work will be carried out on the Cable System Maya -1, which is...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Criminal Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José found a lawyer named Salas Guevara guilty of three offenses of falsification. The woman, in her capacity as notary lawyer, made a series...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The toll road charge for Route 27 will be  a discounted between ¢10 and ¢70 in October for the regular quarterly adjustment and from a decrease in the dollar.Thus, the Escazú toll for motorcycles...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The technology company Microsoft Colombia announced their new "I Can Program" which seeks teach programming to more than a million young Latin Americans in an easy and fun way.This project is aimed at...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Today will go down in football history Costa Rica, following the debut of Keylor Navas as goalkeeper of Real Madrid.The long hours of training and work paid off this afternoon during the 90...