THE 2004-2005 cruise-ship season,officially inaugurated by TourismMinister Rodrigo Castro last week,promises to be a big one, with 70,000more visitors anticipated than during theprevious season.The...
THE National Concessions Council(CNC) has received bids from seveninternational consortiums competing for acontract to build the Metropolitan ElectricTrain (TREM) project.The consortiums are made up...
A rice mite that has attacked plantationssince April or even earlier maycause a decrease in Costa Rican rice productionof 40,000 tons and an estimatedloss...
ANY Citibank or Citigroup customersreceiving an e-mail asking them to visit aWeb site and enter their account informationshould report it immediately to bankofficials because...
SAN GABRIEL DE TURRUBARES– With a few thousand dollars in donatedfunds, know-how from Universidad Nacional(UNA) and a million bees, housewivesin this rural area of...
OFFICIALS of two political partiesin opposition to the ruling SocialChristian Unity Party (PUSC) demandedexplanations from Taiwan and evenspoke of breaking diplomatic ties afterthe media...
THE investigation of alleged corruptionamong former officials of the CostaRican Electricity Institute (ICE) took centerstage yesterday with a series of raids byagents of the...
ANGRY protestors vandalized theFischel pharmacy and corporate headquartersin downtown San José onTuesday morning. The incident, which isstill under investigation, took place duringan otherwise peaceful...
COSTA Ricans took to the streetstwice this week in a victory-inducedeuphoria when its national soccer team, LaSele, trounced Guatemala, Saturday, onhome turf, then Canada,...
MOST government offices willremain closed Monday in observance ofDía de las Culturas, a national holidaythat was Tuesday of this week.Last week, President Abel Pachecoannounced...
