Archives for May 2016

A tremor of 4.6 degrees on the Richter scale struck early this morning the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. According to OVISCORI- UNA, the quake occurred at 12:12 am at a depth of 21 kilometers and 17.4 kilometers south from Parrita. The closest towns to the epicenter are Quepos and Jacó. crhoy.com

The first ferry service between El Salvador and Costa Rica will start in July between La Union and Caldera ports. Sebastian Urbina, deputy transport minister, confirmed that the first service is scheduled to start the July, 17th, reaching the Costa Rican port a day later. The goal is to reduce the cost on the movement […]

From June, 1st to 29th, Estadio Nacional will be the scene of a major space exhibition organized by the Argentine engineer Pablo de León, who has worked for NASA. More than 300 items between originals and replicas, panels and interactive presentations will be shown. “Space, the final frontier” is the name of this exhibition which […]

The Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC) will be the home of 50 new applications for cell phones, which will be on display on May, 30th from 1:00 p.m. Every year, students from the Communication and Technology School of Language Sciences of the university present their new projects in the APPS Expo. The institution announced […]

Legislators from the National Liberation Party (PLN) submitted a bill aiming to grant land concessions, along the border with Panama. The initiative aims to create a special regime for municipalities to grant concession contracts for 25 years, renewable for the same period, to the current occupiers or tenants. But a regulatory plan is required first. […]

An outbreak of enterovirus D68 is leaving children from Spain and China paraplegic. This virus is present in Costa Rica, but that specific and more aggressive serotype is not registered in the country. However, a different type enterovirus that affects the skin is increasing in the child population. Dr. Maria Luisa Avila, from the National […]