Three passenger train derailments last week blamed on recent heavy rains
Email this page October 20th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) INCOFER officials have dispatched work crews to perform maintenance and repairs to the railways in Barrio Escalante and other areas after three passenger…
Alajuela prepares for 34th Orchid Expo
Email this page October 20th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Alajuela, famous for its variety of orchids, is preparing for its 34th Orchid Expo, an event organized by the Alajuela Orchid Society. …
Costa Rica leads Latin America in infrastructure investment, but still not enough, says UN
Email this page October 15th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica headed the ranking of infrastructure investment by using 5.4% of its GDP on infrastructure projects, followed by Uruguay (5.08%), Nicaragua (4.93%),…
Port workers threatening strike after court decision on Moín mega-terminal
Email this page October 15th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Union of Allied Port Workers (Sintrajap) is threatening a strike after Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court dismissed an appeal last week against the…
AyA workers to go on strike Thursday
Email this page October 15th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The union representing the workers of the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA), known as SITRAA, have announced a general strike…
Lawmaker calls for moratorium on pineapple plantations; new tax on exports
Email this page October 14th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Frente Amplio (FA) lawmaker, Edgardo Araya, along with several groups representing communities that claim to have suffered from environmental and other damage due…
Health officials to purchase biosafety suits; Alajuela hospital selected for suspected Ebola cases
Email this page October 14th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s public health system (CCSS) is planning to purchase biosafety suits to distribute amongst its staff, and has selected the Hospital San…
5.3 temblor recorded in Costa Rica prior to powerful 7.3 Nicaragua earthquake
Email this page October 14th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of northern Nicaragua at 9:51 p.m. Monday night, killing at least one person and sparking a…
