Costa Rica Business News – Good news on the employment market on the horizon for Costa Rica. Nashua-based Resonetics has announced plans to open a new production facility in the Coyol Free Zone Business Park in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The new 18,000-square-foot) plant will feature a large Class 8 cleanroom and ultrafast laser systems. It’s…
Costa Rica News – Karla Prendas is the PLN, or Partido Liberacion Nacional, legislator. She has spoken out against the Costa Rican Tourism Institute’s (ICT) figures of the number of tourist arrivals in the country. The ICT reported that we saw 2.6 million visitors in 2015 but Prendas calls this figure both false and inflated. She…
Last year was an exciting year in lottery history with multiple winners making headlines around the globe. 2016 is causing an even bigger media frenzy. On 13 January, three winning Powerball tickets in the United States split $1.6 billion, the world’s largest lottery jackpot. The lottery gained worldwide attention as the jackpot rose higher and…
Costa Rica News – The Banco de Costa Rica bank in Santiago, Puriscal was raided by four subjects at about 5 pm, when the bank was already closed to the public. The first of the robbers was dressed as a mail carrier and was let in because it was common for this situation to occur after…
Costa Rica Sports (AP) – The Costa Rican Women’s soccer team bounced back nicely after their loss to the USWNT. Raquel Rodriguez Cedeno and Karla Villalobos each scored three goals and Costa Rica defeated Puerto Rico 9-0 in a group stage match Saturday at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. Diana Saenz, Melissa Herrera and substitute…
Costa Rica News – Deputies are making some changes regarding Golfito. A debate is going on regarding an amendment to the law of the Board of Regional Development of the Southern Zone (Judesur) that lowers the flat tax on products from the Free Trade Warehouse. It was unanimously accepted that there would be a tax rebate…
Costa Rica News – Are you looking to come on vacation to Costa Rica and a little worried about Zika. You might want to pack one of the below. Consumer Reports compiled a list of the best mosquito repellents and, of the 15 they tested, five measured up as products worth trying. Sawyer Fisherman’s Formula…
Costa Rica News – Inmates are changing their future options and doing things they never imagined would be possible via a new pilot program that teaches them about programming, specifically HTML5. The language they are learning is used to structure content on the web. Those involved in the class hope to work in web design upon…
Costa Rica Business – In order to exchange information and share best practices to support the digital agenda for Costa Rica, the Telecommunications Vice Ministry, a specialized unit from MICITT (Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Telecommunicaciones) of Costa Rica, and Cisco signed a Letter of Understanding for a collaboration relationship. Under this Letter of Understanding, Cisco…
Costa Rica News – This Week in Costa Rica will feature each week a news portion in which Dan and Rico (qCostaRica) will talk about the happenings in and around the land of “Pura Vida”. With over 30 years of living in Costa Rica between the two it give a unique insight into life in CR.…