National and foreign tourists who visit the San Lucas Island National Park will soon have the convenience of disembarking and boarding boats at a new berth, which will be built thanks to the signing of the agreement made this Wednesday between the Costa Rican Tourism Institute ( ICT) and the […]
Daily Archives: May 25, 2024
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One to two times a week starting in July on Wednesdays and Sundays, Air Transat will offer frequencies from Montreal, Canada to Guanacaste Airport.The flight will arrive at 11:30 a.m. and depart at 12:40 to Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport (YUL). Air Transat will operate an A321 aircraft with a capacity […]
President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced on Saturday that his government deployed 2,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers armed with rifles in five neighborhoods of the city of Apopa (north), in search of gang remnants. “After several citizen complaints, we have just installed a security perimeter in the Tikal […]
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, there have been threats that new machines – from mechanized looms to microchips – would usurp human jobs. For the most part, humans have prevailed. Now, some experts say, with the ubiquity of artificial intelligence on the horizon, the threat is becoming a […]
Environmental challenges are becoming increasingly frequent and severe due to climate change and other environmental factors. Organizations across various sectors are now facing the reality that these challenges can disrupt operations, damage infrastructure, and affect overall business stability. It’s no longer a question of if these challenges will occur but […]
The Judicial Investigation Organism (OIJ) has detected a type of scam targeting foreign tourists, mainly from Europe and the United States. The scam involves people pretending to be legitimate cab drivers who offer their services to people arriving in Costa Rica but end up charging exorbitant prices. Even if the […]
The post Seeking a New Lifestyle: From Canada to Costa Rica appeared first on The Costa Rica News. In the sun-kissed beach town of Jaco, nestled in the province of Puntarenas, Luke Shantz and Stephanie Sitt, two expats from Toronto recently turned their dreams into reality by creating a boutique […]
QCOSTARICA — The U.S. dollar closed the week on a high note, following a series of consecutive increases that started last week. The reference dollar exchange rate set by the Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) _ Central Bank – this Saturday morning is ¢514.76 for the Buy and ¢520.30 […]
At least 35 people have died in Central America so far this year due to dengue, leading several countries in the region to declare a state of emergency, local health authorities reported on Friday. Guatemala is the most affected country in Central America, with 12 deaths and 18,256 cases recorded […]
QCOSTARICA — A report from the regulatory authority on public services, the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep), indicated that in 2023 a total of 13 gasoline stations across the country, out of a total of 414 evaluated, presented results that were “outside the standards” in relation to the […]