Authorities prepare for possible water, electric shortages this dry season
Email this page November 2nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The deficit in rains this rainy season may cause problems for Costa Rica’s agribusiness and electric production in the upcoming months. In…
Costa Rica on green alert due to seismic activity
Email this page November 2nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s National Emergency Commission (CNE, in Spanish), is maintaining a “green” alert due to the recent earthquakes in the Chorotega region and…
Costa Rica’s “porteadores” threaten national strike
Email this page November 2nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) A group of non-formal taxi and private transport drivers, known as “porteadores”, who are part of the National Forum for Public and Private…
Costa Rica and Qatar sign Open Sky agreement
Email this page November 2nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Qatar became the first country in the Middle East to sign an “open sky” agreement with Costa Rica. The agreement intends to increase…
Desamparados gets a hospital
Email this page November 2nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) After many years of residents petitioning the government for a hospital of their own due to the size of the city, the residents…
Driver’s license will cost more by the end of the year
Email this page November 2nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Obtaining or renewing a driver’s license will become more expensive in the coming weeks. The current fees will be doubled. “It…
Young lover suspect in $400,000 robbery of his partner
Email this page November 1st, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) agents have arrested a man by the last name of Salazar, for planning an armed robbery and threatening the…
Law would remove public consultation process for many gas price adjustments
Email this page November 1st, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The “extraordinary modifications” of fuel prices may no longer need to be submitted for public consultation, as has been the process since 2008,…
