Costa Rica News – Uber awarded the best of its drivers in Costa Rica with a lunch at the amusement park on Sunday. The company keeps a tight lock on the number of drivers as well as the number of customers using the service in the country. They chose the select group by considering user ratings…
Costa Rica News – Bags are packed and check-in is complete. Six WaterStep and MSD representatives said they’re on their way to Central America to make a difference. “The amenities that we have they don’t have and for us to make this trip, it’s going to be very positive and to give back,” David Glenn, with…
Costa Rica News – How would you like it if you had a better chance of getting a job if you performed sexual favors? In Costa Rica this might be a requirement at the Del Rey Hotel but not normally in a professional work environment. A young woman, Fernanda Badilla, age 22, was looking for…
Costa Rica News – I think that Recope should be making these final donations and not the public, but I guess the government of Costa Rica wants to keep their money. It was the Costa Rican government that let them in correct? The Costa Rican government is asking for donations to help the last 50…
Feeding carrots to giraffes and zebras in Costa Rica? Don’t be ridiculous. They don’t live in this part of the world. But wait. Now they do, thanks to the efforts of entrepreneur David Patay and his new Africa Safari Adventure Park. Visitors to Guanacaste Province can now say, “Call me Bwana.” Unlike a zoo where…
According to reports, the Central American country is a healthy and comfortable place for retirees. Two recent surveys put Costa Rica as the top option for a healthy and comfortable retirement, the Tico Times reported. It also ranked fourth in International Living’s 2016 list of Best Countries to Retire as well as in the magazine’s…
Costa Rica News – The Banco Nacional of Costa Rica had a huge accounting error in its 2014 numbers. Much to the delight of all the bank’s workers, bonuses were mistakenly increased. In addition to bonuses for employee productivity, the error led to increases in social contributions. The Internal Audit detected the issue in Special Audit…
Costa Rica News – (Surf Report March 11th & 12th) – We are going to give you the surf forecast for Costa Rica and we have our beautiful pictures of girls in bikinis. There is going to be fun size waves rolling in on the Pacific side of Costa Rica and Caribbean side will be experiencing huge double…
Costa Rica News – The next time you leave your car under the watchful eye of a “guachimán” or “cuida carros” while shopping, or eating in your favourite restaurant, consider this: one out of five vehicle stolen in San Jose during 2015 were under the care of a watchman, reports the statistics of the Organismo de…
Costa Rica News – Public surveys indicate that with Óscar Arias the Liberación political party will be successful. He is a candidate that is thought to secure a win. Arias expressed his desire to run on the radio program Matices. Arias was president of Costa Rica twice, from 1986-1990 and again from 2006-2010. He says that…