The Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) approved a 3.7 percent increase in electricity rates requested by the Costa Rica Electricity Institute (ICE). The new rate was published in the government's official newspaper La Gaceta on Thursday.
Many expats from the United States are used to finding their favorite breakfast protein in the refrigerated section of the grocery store, but much of the world doesn’t refrigerate or wash their eggs, Costa Rica included. Both washed and unwashed eggs are safe to eat, as long as they are handled properly.
Only 43 percent of those interviewed gave the president’s management a good grade since Luis Guillermo SolÃs took office on May 8. Some 55 percent said the new administration has done little or nothing to make good on its campaign promises.
Water rides and thermal pools and a view of a perfect volcanic cone? For the suburban vacationer who prefers an antiseptic alternative to actual rivers, Kalambu will fit the bill.
The duality of this particular moment, the tension between the good and the terrible, is so stark it evokes the light-versus-darkness heart of the Zoroastrian philosophy of the Yazidi people who, once upon a time, so long ago it seems hard to remember, helped usher in this latest chapter of Mideast war.
UNITED NATIONS – World leaders gathered at the United Nations heard dire warnings and desperate pleas for assistance Thursday as the deadly Ebola virus forced Sierra Leone to quarantine a million people.
U.S. President Barack Obama, Costa Rican first lady Mercedes Peñas, Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo SolÃs and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama meet for...
The Telecommunications Superintendency announced that users of both fixed line and mobile Internet services could experience intermittent or full interruptions beginning at 10 p.m. on Friday and lasting until 6 a.m. on Sunday.
