Many dental patients are not fond of regular checkups; they mostly go to the dentist once a year for a cleaning or when they know they need a major procedure done. It so happens that regular dental appointments scheduled three or four times a year can substantially improve overall health by means of prevention. Bacteria mitigation is at the heart of all dental cleanings. Through salivation and ...

Chain Games Press Release. San Jose, Costa Rica – October 15th 2015 - Chain Games has today launched first two game titles: Fancy Roulette and Fancy Slots. Chain Games enables casino operators to offer new high definition HTML5 games to their players by adding just one line of HTML code to their site. Either embedding the games to their site with an IFRAME or directly linking to the games, the cas...

A last-ditch effort by the government of Costa Rica to control the pesky deficit may not work as intended and may also force the appreciation of the United States dollar (USD) against the local currency. The administration of President Luis Guillermo Solis recently pitched an investment idea to the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The idea consisted of a bond package speciall...

Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance Press Release – Join the MWPA and Longfellow Books to celebrate the launch of award-winning poet Jeffrey Thomson’s debut memoir Fragile (Red Mountain Press). Thomson’s poetry collection Birdwatching in Wartime won the 2010 Maine Literary Award for Poetry. When Jeffrey Thomson travels to Costa Rica first at twenty-two, he has no idea he is beginning a journe...

LONDON, Oct. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Saturday (18 October) marks the 6th anniversary of British journalist Michael Dixon's disappearance in the seaside holiday town of Tamarindo. Evidence indicates he was the victim of violent crime. But Costa Rica authorities and British police did little to investigate. They've now given up on the case, despite the family's long-standing appeals for assis...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL MIAMI, Oct. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile kicks off this weekend and all the fast-paced, heart pounding action of group stage competition will be available live and in Spanish on the networks of NBC UNIVERSO and Telemundo, as well as at NBCDeportes.com. The FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile will take place from Sat., Oct. 17 through Sun., Nov. 8. Costa Ri...

Houston, TEXAS (PRWEB) October 15, 2015 -- Element Blue™, an end-to-end provider of technology hardware, software and services to advance energy and utilities, healthcare, transportation, public sector, and manufacturing industries will be attending the 35th Annual GITEX Technology Week Conference in Dubai, UAE. GITEX, the third largest technology event in the world, has grown to be one of the mos...

DALLAS, Oct. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Employees of Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) launched a new international chapter today in a 45-year history of serving Houston by joining with Houston Airport System and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to open a new five-gate concourse, Federal Inspection Station for Customs and Border Protection, new concessions for travelers, and begin daily intern...

First issue of Playboy, 1953. Wikimedia Commons International Desk, Oct 13 (EFE).- Playboy magazine says it will stop publishing pictures of completely nude women next spring. Scott Flanders, the magazine's CEO, told The New York Times of the pending change in policy, justifying it by saying that "You're now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it's just passé at th...

Stanley, Islas Malvinas. Wikimedia Commons United Nations Press Release - Halfway into the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, the United Nations must rise to its responsibilities and put an end to colonial occupations once and for all, delegates stressed today as the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) continued its general debate on the issue. ...

From 2016 to 2020, retail coffee giant Starbucks plans to open 15 more cafes in Costa Rica, a business move that will generate more than 300 jobs. Such was the statement made by Monica Bianchini, general manager of Starbucks in Costa Rica, as she inaugurated the 8th location in our country. According to a news report filed by Marvin Barquero for national newspaper La Nacion, Ms. Bianchini expla...

Source: Southwest DALLAS, Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) is launching a three-day domestic and international sale offering extra low fares for winter travel—hurry, this sale won't last long!  Customers may take advantage of low domestic fares starting at $49, $99, $129, and $149 one-way to select destinations today through Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, 11:59 p.m. in th...

Dreams Las Mareas Guanacaste, Costa Rica Unlimited Vacation Club (UVC) by AMResorts is proud to announce that they have recently received a highly coveted Travel Weekly 2015 Silver Magellan Award for being the Best Overall Vacation Club. This is the first Magellan Award for UVC, and they are thrilled to be recognized among the best that the travel industry has to offer. Along with UVC, seve...

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - October 13, 2015) - For the second year in a row, Scotiabank is the only Canadian-based company named on the "World's Best Multinational Workplaces" list by the Great Place to Work® Institute. Companies are chosen for the World's Best Multinational Workplaces list predominantly based on data gathered from employee surveys and direct comments from employees. As in ...

(Americas Cardroom Press Release) San Jose, Costa Rica – October 12th, 2015 – It was déjà vu for online poker players at Americas Cardroom this weekend as another $1 million guaranteed winner was crowned in the online poker site’s $5 Million Guaranteed promotion. Online poker player A1phad0ggg has taken the third Million Dollar Sunday title since Americas Cardroom launched its $5 Million Guarantee...

Johanna Solano, winner of the 2011 Miss Costa Rica pageant, has been one of the most celebrated beauty queens of our country in recent times. When Miss Solano was crowned queen of all Ticos four years ago, she started a trend insofar as portraying an image of a modern woman who is equally passionate about beauty as she is dedicated to fitness. In the run-up to Miss Universe, Miss Solano became ...

Beach house in Costa Rica Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) October 12, 2015 -- Proxio, Inc., provider of the world’s most powerful digital marketing and collaboration solutions for the global real estate industry, today announced a number of new clients across the US, Mexico, Caribbean, Central and South America who are leveraging the reach and efficiency of Proxio’s platform. “The response to our n...

Source: Presidencia Costa Rica Council of the Americas Media Release -- Costa Rica is not only bringing Central America together as one voice on climate change, says President Luis Guillermo Solís, but it's also expanding relations with Africa and the Middle East to develop regional industries within the Caribbean and Latin America. "You have to add diplomacy to trade policies. You can't do on...

Source: AmoLatina.com San Francisco, California (PRWEB) October 12, 2015 -- International online dating aficionados, AmoLatina, recently produced an in-house study revealing impressive statistics of couples’ online and offline activity. The study showcased users’ interactions via the website’s state of the art communication tools that led to the successful unity offline. With innovative and...

Tiny pieces of synthetic materials contaminate 12 beaches of Costa Rica, including some of the most popular destinations for tourists and expats. Jaco Beach is one of a dozen beaches where micro plastic debris can be found in abundance, floating along with plankton and mixing with grains of sand. According to a report filed by Michelle Soto of daily newspaper La Nacion, micro plastic debris par...

At a recent conference held by the American Dental Association, one of the most respected dentistry organizations in the world, implant technology was determined to be the most important technological advance of the last four decades. Dental implants are the most sensible treatment for lost teeth. In the past, removable dentures were among the most common solutions that dentists offered to pati...

Source: Wikimedia Commons US Soccer Press Release / CHICAGO (Oct. 11, 2015) – U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has called up five players to join the Men’s National Team ahead of Tuesday’s friendly against 2014 FIFA World Cup quarterfinalists Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. Goalkeeper Bill Hamid (D.C. United), midfielders, Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Lee Nguyen (New Engl...

Wikimedia Commons Air travelers in Costa Rica have a few options when flying to Europe, but none of them are as cheap as what an airline from Norway has in store for 2017. According to a recent Reuters report published by NBC News: Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA hopes to sell one-way tickets to Europe for $69 as early as 2017 by flying from U.S. airports that have low fees, Chief Executive Officer...

Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) October 05, 2015 -- The retire-overseas experts at InternationalLiving.com are looking for somebody interested in living abroad to spend a month or more in one of their top-rated retirement havens and report on the experience. The prize includes a round-trip flight plus $5,000 in spending money. “We ask that the winner spend a minimum of a month abroad…but a longer stay i...

Source: Paul Watson Facebook Timeline In September, the highest court in Costa Rica issued a resolution that gave Paul Watson, the controversial founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a partial victory in a case that presented several complaints by the Canadian environmentalist against prosecutors and government officials. The Constitutional Chamber, popularly known as Sala IV, i...

The strengthening of the United States dollar (USD) and the weakening of a few international economies are factors creating bargains for North American and European medical tourists. A recent article by Christiana Sciaudone of BloombergBusiness examined how currency devaluation is creating bargains for medical tourists in Brazil: “Danniella Gomes is about to head home to Brasilia from Texas to ge...

Eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®. Paraguay is a first-time entrant. This year's consideration submitted by Costa Rica is Presos (English title: Imprisoned), the third feature film by acclaimed director Esteban Ramirez. The Internet Movie Database plot summary for Imprisoned is as follows: A young g...

Over the past year, lawsuits involving unhappy service providers that have received negative Yelp reviews have been multiplying. For the unacquainted, YELP is an Internet platform for individuals who wish to review their experiences with merchants and service providers. In the last couple of years, YELP has made headlines as multiple disgruntled business owners have filed lawsuits against reviewer...

An Uber driver in Bogota. Wikimedia Commons In solidarity with the family of Gerardo Cruz Barquero, the mobile app and private transportation service Uber has announced that it will give free rides to type O Negative (Rh O-) blood donors to the Calderón Guardia Hospital, located in San Jose, on Saturday, October 10. A press release by Uber, a business entity that still lacks legal approval ...

Source: Wikimedia The South Africa Men's National Football Team, affectionately known as Bafana Bafana, scored the sole goal of the match against Costa Rica at the National Stadium last night, but their victory was somewhat overshadowed by the presence of goalkeeper Keylor Navas and a security breach that left a young fan bruised. The incident occurred at the end of the match, long after Ba...

Pixabay Commons Orlando, FL, October 09, 2015 --(PR.com)-- For his efforts to provide international healthcare consumers with value-based treatment options, Dr. Marc Fetscherin, associate professor of international business and marketing at Rollins College, has been recognized for Excellence in Medical Tourism Research, the Medical Tourism Association® announced. Dr. Fetscherin, a Cornell D...

Press Release by The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District - PHILADELPHIA- Miguel Amaris-Caviedes, 37, of Costa Rica, pleaded guilty today to two counts of knowingly conducting financial transactions that involved purported drug proceeds. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 7, 2016. Amaris-Caviedes was laundering purported drug proceeds through Costa Rican bank acco...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Governance, Risk and Compliance - The Costa Rican Insurance Industry" report to their offering. The 'Governance, Risk and Compliance - The Costa Rican Insurance Industry' report is the result of extensive research into the insurance regulatory framework in Costa Rica. It provides detailed analysis of the insur...

Elle and Ernie. Source: Buena Vista Villas Quepos/Manuel Antonio, COSTA RICA (PRWEB) October 07, 2015 - Sloths are being reintroduced into the Costa Rican rain forest thanks to a unique partnership between Buena Vista Luxury Villas (BVLV) and The Sloth Institute of Costa Rica (TSI). The first phase of the partnership will reintroduce sloths - orphaned and hand raised - back into the rainfor...

MIAMI (PRWEB) October 08, 2015 - Global Stem Cells Group has announced plans to host a new edition of its popular symposium on stem cell research in San Jose, Costa Rica April 15, 2016. The symposium is a collaborative effort between GSCG and Dra. Mariella Tanzi, neurologist, anti-aging specialist, founder of BIOMEN S.A. and exclusive representative for Global Stem Cells Group in Costa Rica. The S...

Source: Flickr Commons A 22-year old man who confronted another man for filming an “upskirt” video in the capital city of Costa Rica was stabbed multiple times last night as he walked through the San Sebastian district, located in the southern suburbs of San Jose. The victim, who has been identified by the last names of Cruz Barquero, recently became a social media sensation after an incide...

Source; Karolina Brenes Facebook Karolina Brenes, a shapely lingerie model from Costa Rica, recently posted a Facebook update explaining that she was not aware of the existence of a second intimate video was extracted from a stolen smartphone and shared across online social networks.   As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star in late September, Ms. Brenes addressed her Facebook...

MANUEL ANTONIO, COSTA RICA (PRWEB) OCTOBER 06, 2015 - The Sloth Institute together with Kids Saving the Rainforest announces the Elementary School Sloth Challenge, inspired by Ms. Megan Yang, 1st grade teacher at West Point Elementary in Surprise, Arizona. Ms. Yang believes in teaching students at a young age about conservation. “I am using the “adoption” of a sloth as a way to educate students a...

Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK, PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Glasswing International Founder Celina de Sola announced the organization's 'Commitment to Action' during the 2015 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting.  Central America is currently facing immense challenges, among them, the highest levels of violence in the world, along with unaccompanied minors emigrating to escape desperate co...

Upper Desk cabinet mount in the kitchen HUGHESVILLE, PA (PRWEB) October 05, 2015 - Matthew Fidler (MBA ‘99) never dreamed that a series of events that began during a fishing trip in Costa Rica would eventually translate into reeling in a deal with one of the world’s largest retailers—Sam’s Club. “Every year, my father and I go on a fishing trip together. In 2013, my dad brought along Rod Ph...