Source: Acciona ACCIONA Press Release - ACCIONA Agua, together with the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewer Systems (AyA), has inaugurated the ‘Los Tajos’ wastewater treatment plant, which will alleviate the pollution load of the rivers María Aguilar, Tiribí and Torres. The installation will be the biggest in the country and is ACCIONA Agua’s first project in Costa Rica. The projec...

Wikimedia Commons LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- For luxury travelers seeking truly captivating and immersive global experiences, Crystal Cruises' 2017 World Cruise offers one of the line's most comprehensive itineraries to date featuring six abbreviated segments available to sail. The segments, ranging from 10-23 days and each featuring at least one overnight stay, will offer con...

Source: Saatchi Art COSTA RICA, ZEPHYR PALACE (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 -- Without a doubt, the work of Marco Battaglini (Verona, Italy, 1969) echoes the anxiety inherent in Western society during the 21st century. This artist’s work confronts us with an esthetic shock, a style charged with eclecticism and a touch of humor that brings a smile to the spectator’s face while begging questions abou...

NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Latin America's leading private banks and family offices will meet in Miami next month for the third edition of The Private Wealth Latin America and The Caribbean Forum. Taking place on October 20th and 21st, the forum has become the leading platform for connecting with high-level wealth management professionals and discussing opportunities present within t...

Wikimedia Commons ESET Press Release - ESET recently discovered an interesting stealth attack on Android users. Cybercriminals created fake version of popular arcade games such as Plants vs Zombies, Candy Crush or Super Hero Adventure to deliver backdoor Trojan directly onto victims‘ devices. ESET offers in-depth analysis of this Trojan dropper on WeLiveSecurity.com. These malicious downloads ...

Pixabay Commons Pixabay Commons San José, Costa Rica, September 24, 2015 --(PR.com)-- September 27-30, 2015, the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, will host the event of the year in The Medical Tourism Industry. The Medical Tourism Association will facilitate the World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress, alongside the Employee Healthcare & Benefits Congress. Th...

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA--(Marketwired - Sep 23, 2015) - Bosch Service Solutions, a leading supplier of Business Process Outsourcing, expands its global network with the opening of its first business service center in Costa Rica on September 23th. The site will provide business support in finance, accounting and technical operations for the Bosch Group in North America as well as technical support for...

Miss Jara, defendant. Source: Surfing Republica Facebook. Three bikini models who are well-known in the lingerie show circuit in Costa Rica crashed into a residence in San Jose a couple of weeks ago, and the driver has been slapped with a lawsuit for nearly $140K. The defendant in question is Fernanda Jara, a curvy model who was a runner up for the title of Miss Reef Costa Rica in 2014. Acc...

Mark Reardon, a popular radio broadcaster from News Radio 1120 KMOX, a CBS radio affiliate in the United States, is planning a special visit to Costa Rica. Mr. Reardon is putting together a “bucket list” vacation long before he is due to “kick the bucket,” and he is inviting listeners to join him on this trip to Costa Rica during his birthday. In a recent blog post, Mr. Reardon explained: I’ve...

Source: Apple Vacations A prestigious luxury hotel located in the province of Guanacaste has earned the 2015 Crystal Apple, a special recognition issued by Apple Vacations each year. The Riu Palace Costa Rica is this year's recipient of the Crystal Apple for Best Staff and Service in Central America. This is the second year in a row that the Riu Palace Costa Rica earns the coveted Crystal A...

Source: VMware WMware, a major enterprise dedicated to virtualization at the server and desktop levels, is looking for top talent to join them at VMware’s Open House event on October 2 and 3 in Heredia, Costa Rica. Opened in 2012, the WMware Costa Rica office is located in the Free Trade Zone (Zona Franca) America and supports management services and internal processes that power VMware’s i...

Source: MSP CR Officers from Fuerza Publica, the national police force of Costa Rica, arrested a man under suspicion of illegal hunting. The incident took place in a dry tropical forest area of Bagaces, in the province of Guanacaste. The suspect has been identified as a Costa Rican man by the last name of Castro. He was approached by officers who were patrolling remote areas where neighbors...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Federal Bureau of Investigation Press Release -- NEWARK, NJ-A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 19 months in prison for his roles in conspiring with a criminal enterprise that engaged in illegal online sports betting in New Jersey and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Robert J. Scerbo, 57 of Bayonne, New Jersey, previously pleaded gu...

DENVER - Sept. 21, 2015 - PRLog -- It is well known that Costa Rica is a “Mecca” for outdoor enthusiasts and athletic adventurers of all kinds. With ventures like these, unfortunately injuries are bound to occur. The residents of San Jose are lucky to have a resource like Smart Move to assist them on their road to recovery. At Smart Move, whatever the need may be, they have you covered and adding ...

Pixabay Public Domain Women in Costa Rica observed Global Female Condom Day without having access to this contraceptive. On September 16th, various advocacy organizations conducted awareness campaigns and other activities to teach the world about the use of female condoms; in Costa Rica, however, the day was observed with concern about why these sexual protection devices are not yet on the mar...

Human Rights Council Media Release - 21 September 2015 - The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held a panel discussion on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with a focus on the issues of international abductions, enforced disappearances and detentions for political reasons. The High Commissioner for Human Rights provided an oral update on the r...

Circle Yoga Press Release – Join Circle Yoga teachers Rebecca Bly and Mora Solano Lavin for six days in the Pacific Coast beach town of Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. This retreat is designed for students of all levels to practice yoga and movement in a beautiful and peaceful setting. Yoga practices with Rebecca will focus on working deeply into the body to let go of physical tension in order to res...

Brush DJ, a mobile app designed to encourage youngsters to adopt and maintain an effective oral health care routine using evidence-based techniques, was recently praised in a research study by the British Dental Journal. Brush DJ is directly aimed at children and adolescents, but everyone can learn from it. The app plays music for two minutes - the optimum time for brushing teeth - taken from a...

New York, September 18, 2015 -- Moody's Investors Service, ("Moody's") assigned a provisional rating of (P) Ba2 to Aeris Holdings Costa Rica S.A. de C.V.'s issuance of approximately US $127 million of senior notes ("Notes"). Proceeds will be used to refinance the outstanding loans consisting of roughly $89 million obtained in 2011 from Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Inter-American Dev...

At noontime on Saturday, three tourists from the United States were struck by lighting during a powerful thunderstorm that continued until mid-afternoon. As of Saturday evening, two of the struck U.S. tourists were listed as being in delicate condition at the hospital. According to a news report filed by Shirley Vasquez of national newspaper La Nacion, the three victims in this meteorological i...

Pixabay Commons Americas Cardoom Press Release - San Jose, Costa Rica – September 16th, 2015 – In the world of poker, putting your money where your mouth is means everything. Americas Cardroom has certainly taken that to heart as evidenced this past weekend during its Million Dollar Sunday. When faced with an overlay of more than $200,000 and an onslaught of DDOS attacks, Americas Cardroom nav...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Yaveo is throwing its first-ever virtual film festival to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The Spanish-language streaming entertainment service is a premier sponsor of the 2015 Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival. Yaveo will show its support of Latino cinema in 2 more ways. A virtual film festival will run on the Yaveo streaming servi...

Source: Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK, NEW YORK (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 -- Six months after going live, Project Expedition now offers more tours and activities in Central America than any other travel website worldwide. The discovery and booking tool provides access to more than 800 bookable tours and activities in the region, and it is expanding rapidly. Project Expedition is a comprehensive t...

Sprint OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Whether you are island-hopping through the Caribbean, escaping to Fiji or touring France, your world just expanded with Sprint. Thirty-three destinations have been added to the free Sprint Open World add-on service, giving customers unlimited free texting and great rates on calls and high-speed data. Sprint Open World For customers traveling ...

Wang Guanzhong BEIJING, Sept. 16 (ChinaMil) -- At the invitation of the Mexican and Cuban armed forces and the security department of Costa Rica, Wang Guanzhong, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), led a delegation and left Beijing for Mexico on September 15 to attend the 205th anniversary of Mexico's independence and pay official visits to Cuba and Cos...

Source: Andrey Camacho Jimenez, PZNoticias Baker & Partners Press Release -- Stephen Baker, Senior Partner and Advocate at Baker & Partners, joined the defense team for Ann Patton against the San José Public Prosecutor, securing her second acquittal for the murder of her husband, multi-millionaire John Bender, in Costa Rica. John Bender died of a single gunshot to the head in the be...

San Diego, California (PRWEB) September 15, 2015 -- Mexico Soft Landing company Co-Production International (CPI), is releasing a white paper, “Checklist: The Top 7 Criteria for Choosing a Medical Device Manufacturing Location”, at the American Medical Device Summit 2015 that will be held in Chicago on September 21-22, 2015. As Manufacturing Expansion Experts, CPI provides a range of site selec...

Source: CSMT Press Advantage News Release - September 16. 2015 -- The Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy in Samara, Nicoya, has announced that they will have an award winning instructor joining them on their faculty for part of their fall session. Ruth Werner will be joining the school this fall to assist in educating students of the 2015 Mariposa class. "We're excited to have Ruth join our ...

Pro Surfer Emily Gussoni from Costa Rica The National Surfing Team of Costa Rica made history earlier this year by bringing back the most gold medals from the World Surfing Games (WSG) in Nicaragua. Now the Surfing Federation of Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: FEDESURF) has an opportunity to host the next WSG in 2016, but there is no money to do so. According to a recent news report filed by J...

Source: Pixabay Commons An elderly man from Florida was arrested earlier this month at the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), province of Alajuela, as he was trying to return to the United States. According to a news report filed by Adam Linhardt of daily newspaper Key West Citizen, David Strecker, better known as “Cuba Dave,” was arrested under suspicion of deriving proceed off pros...

Wikimedia Commons (PRWEB UK) -- Green Motion, the low CO2 car rental company, has officially launched their Autumn Sale to coincide with their 8th Anniversary. Customers can now receive great savings on their car hire in all of Green Motion’s worldwide locations. Green Motion has locations in over 20 countries including Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, F...

Source: Facebook Law enforcement and intelligence agents fighting the United States-led War on Drugs and looking for the fugitive boss of the Sinaloa Cartel are scaling down their search efforts for Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman in Costa Rica. In recent weeks, a Twitter update purportedly from the son of the fugitive boss of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel set news media outlets afire and prompted law...

Miami, FL (PRWEB) September 16, 2015 -- Spafinder Wellness 365™ today released part one of its annual State of Wellness Travel Report, revealing that the highest percentage of travel agents in the survey’s eight-year history expect growth in wellness travel for the current year (2015). Survey findings show the wellness travel sector, a global market estimated at $494 billion*, is expanding in dire...

Source: Saban C21 Media Press Release -- Saban Brands’ TV series such as “Power Rangers”, “VR TRoopers” and “Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation” is heading to subscription video on demand (SVOD) service in Middle East, South East Europe, Africa and Latin America through Vubiquity. Saban Brands struck a deal with the content service to make subscription box-sets available for: Qatar, UAE, Sout...

Wikimedia Commons QSRweb.com Press Release -- QSR International, developer of Quiznos, Smashburger and Teriyaki Experience franchises throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, announced the divestiture of 32 of its 33 KFC Costa Rican restaurants to Intelectiva Costa Rica SRL, led by Mexican businessman, Roberto González Alcalá. This divestiture will allow QSR International to focus on gro...

During a town hall-style press conference at Facebook headquarters in California, CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke about a new feature that will be tested soon in the world's most popular social network. Mr. Zuckerberg's suggestion of the possibility of a “dislike” button came as an answer to a question about the lack of options beyond the ubiquitous thumbs-up icon that indicates a “lik...

A complaint that unfolded in social media circles has caught the attention of the media and the Ministry of Public Security (Spanish initials: MSP) in Costa Rica. According to a news report filed by metro reporter Paula Ruiz of daily newspaper La Prensa Libre, the incident occurred this past Saturday in San Jose. A woman by the last name of Madden was relaxing in Plaza de la Cultura, a major me...

Source: Presidencia Costa Rica On the eve of Costa Rica's most patriotic holiday, the United States government took time to send two messages; one from Secretary of State John Kerry on behalf of President Barack Obama, and another one from the President himself. The message from Secretary Kerry is a standard diplomatic greeting that jovially included our country's colloquial motto of “pura ...

1Vice NEW YORK - Sept. 14, 2015 - PRLog -- Online sports betting company, 1Vice.ag announced on Sunday the winner of their “All Inclusive Luxury Vacation to Costa Rica” which included over 500 entries in the drawing to win the vacation prize. All entries came from sports betting fans all around the world who had made a deposit in their 1Vice.ag betting account between June 1, 2015 and Augus...

Source: Wikimedia Commons The traditions surrounding the celebration of Independence Day in Costa Rica have become powerful symbols of the longstanding peace, democracy and civil freedom that Ticos proudly enjoy. It is important to note, however, that these traditions actually originated in other countries, and that other patriotic values are celebrated more so than independence on September 1...