World News - A long-running archaeological controversy has been resurrected, thanks to a newly revealed analysis of scrapings from a first-century tomb in East Jerusalem and a bone box attributed to “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.” The analysis, described on Easter Sunday in The New York Times and the Jerusalem Post, links the limestone…
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Costa Rica News - (April 1st Radio Show) – Overseas Radio Has Teamed up With The Costa Rican Times to provide multiple modes of information sharing for local and foreign expats in order to get Costa Rica news and knowledge to listeners. This Week in Costa Rica will feature each week a news portion in which…
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Costa Rica Entertainment - After weeks to months of intense rehearsals, several traditional bands in all the provinces are ready to take part of the celebrations of Semana Santa, Holy Week. Between masses and processions, this is the ideal time to listen to and enjoy this seasonal music. These bands have roots that go way back….
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Costa Rica News - It’s been said that Easter Week is the most dangerous season in Costa Rica. There has already been one reported death. Everyone heads to the beaches and too many swim where they shouldn’t. 31 beaches in the country are considered the most dangerous due to riptides, animals, river mouths and lack of…
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Costa Rica – This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home and these little piggies went to Panama in the trunk of a car. Seems that someone needed some pork for their Semana Santa tamales but they did not want to go to the store. Three students were arrested near the Panama/Costa…
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Costa Rica Retirement – Costa Rica has become a popular tourist and retiree destination in the past two decades that it is now a household name in America, Canada and some European countries. It offers warm climate all year round, affordable real estate with foreign nationals having the same property right as locals, Pura Vida…
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Costa Rica Real Estate – Each week the Costa Rican Times will be presenting a property of the week that we consider a hidden gem. If you want more information about this property or buying real estate in general you can request the free e-book, “Secrets of Buying Real Estate in Costa Rica” This week’s…
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The real cost of borrowing money with credit cards in Costa Rica runs about 40 to 50 percent for the majority of cardholders. Despite the seemingly usurious interest rates, the use of credit cards in our country, which is besieged by rising inflation and looming unemployment, has grown about 7.3 percent since last year. According to a news report filed by Fabio Parreaguirre of business news daily La Republica, 72 percent of credit cards issued in Costa Rica have real interest rates higher than 40 percent, and quite a few boast a 50 percent cost of lending. To this effect,…
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Costa Rica News - (March 24th Radio Show) – Overseas Radio Has Teamed up With The Costa Rican Times to provide multiple modes of information sharing for local and foreign expats in order to get Costa Rica news and knowledge to listeners. This Week in Costa Rica will feature each week a news portion in which Dan…
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Buenos Aires, Mar 23 (EFE).- Just four years after giving up a job developing financial apps to enter the world of games, Argentine computer engineer Maximo Cavazzani has seen his Preguntados/Trivia Crack become the world’s fourth-most-downloaded app, with 125 million users. To create “something that everyone would be able to do” was his guiding principle, he told Efe in an interview. “What inspired me was the idea that people like games, but they are badly done,” he said. Besides giving players the chance to compete with each other answering questions, Preguntados generates new content to be submitted for participants’ approval….
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