The MarViva Foundation, which has long been collaborating with the government in the work of joint patrols to prevent illegal fishing, announced the start of permanent patrolling operations throughout the Osa Peninsula area. The goal is to complement the work being done by the National Guard and the rangers of the area who are part of the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Telecommunications (Minaet by its initials in Spanish).

In order to do this work, MarViva indicated that...

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The well-known shopping mall belonging to Grupo Roble, Multiplaza in Escazu, announced that its fifth phase will have an avenue where the objective is to have stores with brands by designers known worldwide. Grupo Poma president, Ricardo Poma, owner of Grupo Roble, stated that he cannot yet say which stores will be located in this avenue but that negotiations are under way and that some designers are thinking of the possibility of opening their shops in Costa Rica.

The idea is to...

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After spending 18 years in a dilapidated state and being a home to indigents, the old train station in Cartago became a cultural center. The refitting had a cost of ¢85 million that were invested by the Municipality of Cartago, which had the permission of the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles-INCOFER-(by its initials in Spanish, owner of the building) overseen by the Center for Research and Conservation at the Ministry of National Heritage, Culture and Youth.

The opening came...

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The United Nations Children’s Fund together with the University of Costa Rica, presented the VI State of Children and Adolescents in Costa Rica this week. The report highlighted two disturbing facts that are present in the country and they are that the workday for adolescents aged 15 to under 18, exceed the 36 hours that they can work by law can and also that their employers do not provide adequate social security.

National laws and international agreements are very clear in stating...

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After the best concert of the season, according to the judges, having taken place last Wednesday in Latin American Idol, the producers of the program gave us another big surprise yesterday in that no one was eliminated and that on the contrary the four finalists would travel to their countries to recover energy and prepare for the concert on Oct. 1. However on Oct. 2, two contestants would be eliminated through a cumulative vote.

But it must be said with great joy that María José’s...

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