Registrations are being accepted for the 2014 Miss Costa Rica contest, which is part of the Miss Universe franchise. The contest is open to female Costa Rican citizens, with a minimum height of 1.68 meters, aged 18 to 27 as of December of this year, unmarried and childless, enrolled in college or as a graduate […]

Legislators approved on first reading a bill that recognizes the property rights of people living in territories within the boundaries of the Gandoca-Manzanillo biological reserve. The bill redefines the boundary of the refuge around villages that have existed prior to the creation of the refuge. It also allows them to maintain their homes and businesses […]

Authorities with the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) are reminding merchants that advertise prices in dollars and foreign currency to use the reference value for currency exchanges established by the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR). The exchange rate comes into play when consumers pay or receive change change in colones. Those that […]

A hail of bullets from automatic weapons fire in the Leo XIII neighborhood of Tibas has sent two children, aged 9 and 15 to the hospital. The nine year boy took three rounds in the neck, back and leg while the fifteen year old girl took 5 rounds to the back, legs and arms. Police […]

Last Monday began the 2014 school year, and while the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) still needs to appoint some teachers to interim positions in schools across the country, there are 25,000 teachers out of work. The group will remain out of work because their names do not appear on a list of candidates who […]

A group of legislators from several political parties have asked the Constitutional Court to review a bill that has passed on its first reading that would discourage speculative capital inflows to the country. The proposal was supposed to be debated for the last and final time on Thursday, but the review could delay it for […]