A star-studded host committee, Academy Awards® nominees and presenters, along with some of the most powerful industry influencers came together on February 25th, 2017 for the 15th annual 'Night Before' party to benefit MPTF. Funds raised during the now-legendary evening will be used to support MPTF (Motion Picture and Television Fund) in providing social services and financial assistance to the en...

Microsoft will open an additional office in Costa Rica for this year and will need to hire 280 new employees. The new business center will provide service to clients in Central America, the Caribbean, Ecuador, Peru and other regional markets; with this it expects to create at least 280 new job positions. The company will be looking for workers to be part of one of two units that provides cr...

The Ostional National Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica witnesses the arrival of thousands of turtles every year for nesting season, a spectacular natural event which takes place several times a year since four different species of sea turtles take to this place to lay their eggs. This past Monday a calculated amount of almost eleven thousand olive ridley sea turtles made it to this nesting site in...

The beach town of Jacó continues to attract visitors, its closeness to the city has a lot to do with this as for many it is the perfect destination for a day trip to the beach; a lot of people talk about the insecurity of the area or have a negative view of the place because they perceive it as a “party” zone. Granted, Jacó has quite a party atmosphere as do most beach towns, but it also has a ...

Costa Rica was elected to carry out the Professional Master in High Performance Sports of the Barcelona team, which seeks to contribute with the formation process of high-level trainers in the different sports disciplines, providing proceedings and technology that allows them to optimize their knowledge an apply it to their training sessions. This program is backed by the Barcelona Soccer Club...

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) the citizens of Mexico and Costa Rica are the ones that work the longest hours. The OECD ran the statistics through its 38 member countries, from North and South America to Europe and Asia-Pacific. The study determines the average hours worked per year by taking the total number of hours worked per year and dividing i...

A boat used by a Dutch non-government organization to provide abortion pills to women in countries where that practice is illegal has been ordered to leave Guatemala, an army colonel told EFE Friday. The colonel, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the dock where the so-called "abortion ship" is anchored was private and that the owner had only accepted payment for Thursday night, meaning ...

The thousands of fish that turned up dead along different beaches of the Nicoya Gulf back in February 15, died due to high temperatures and a decrease of oxygen, confirmed the National Animal Health Service (SENASA) after the analysis done by the Center for the Investigation of Microscopic Structures of the University of Costa Rica. According to the different analysis done, the temperatures in ...

The Costa Rica Tennis Club will host the 21st edition of the Costa Rica Bowl starting March 4th through March 11th. The Junior World Tennis Tournament will have the participation of some of the best rackets and prospects, players that are ranked among the worlds’ top 100, which promises a great level of competition for the entertainment of the attending public and also a great opportunity for l...

The Costa Rican Science and Culture Center located within the Children’s Museum is offering an exhibition of the history of the San José Central Penitentiary (Penitenciaría Central) a prison that functioned between 1907and 1979 and that was obligated to shut down due to the inhumane conditions the prisoners faced. Twenty people if one cell, some sleeping on the floor and under the bunk beds, ea...

Costa Rican renowned journalist Glenda Umaña, was in charge of revealing the news about the start of the project “Hombre de Fe” (Man of Faith), a movie based on the life of national goalkeeper Keylor Navas who currently plays with Spanish team Real Madrid. “Man of Faith” will begin its pre-production stage next month and will be filmed between May and June, with the expectation of releasing the...

“San Antonio Business Park” is the name of a new office building currently under construction in Heredia that is expected to generate close to 3,200 jobs when it is finalized. San Antonio Business Park involves the development of 75,000 square meters, four office towers, three open plazas and several green areas. The total investment is of close to $65 million USD; the construction work began i...

Back in October, 2016, actress Emma Stone, participated in the segment 73'Questions by Vogue magazine, where she was asked "What country in the world would you love to visit?" Her response was: "Oh man,there's too many to name...let's go with Costa Rica". Today, in a unique initiative, Costa Rica's President, Luis Guillermo Solís, published a video on his Facebook page, playing the piano and in...

The United Nations launched Thursday a global campaign directed at governments, companies and consumers to reduce plastic residues in oceans. The campaign "Clean Seas" was launched during the World Ocean Summit that will continue until Friday in Nusa Dua, in the Indonesian Island of Bali, the UN said in a statement. "It is time to tackle the plastic problem that blights our oceans. Plastic p...

Costa Rica is one of the preferred destinations for family vacation, miles of beautiful beaches, warm weather and variety of wildlife provide the perfect playground for kids, leave behind their play station and electronic toys, there are a plenty of places where the whole family can practice adventure tourism, but if your kids are too young for zip lining and white water rafting, there are additio...

Migrants from developing nations could be tempted to return home if exempted from paying taxes on their savings and given opportunities to build on their foreign experience, an intergovernmental think-tank said in a major report on Friday. The recommendations, which come amid the largest movement of refugees and migrants since World War Two, are among proposals put forward by the Organisation f...

Saturday, March 11, 11 a.m., the first Street Food Festival in Costa Rica will bring you a wide choice of delicious culinary options. Twenty food trucks, among them Wiches, Garibaldi, Papata, La Ventanita Meraki, Delitruck and La Cebichería, will be present at this festival that will take place at the Kölbi Event Center in Parque Viva, La Guácima, Alajuela. Different flavors and styles hope ...

Costa Rican BMX freestyle rider Kenneth Tencio "Pollis" inaugurated at the beginning of this year his skate park “10cio Park”, he then left to Estonia early February to compete in the renowned competition Simple Session 17 where he managed an eight position, less than a month later he will face another big challenge as he heads to Cape Town, South Africa for the Ultimate X where he will compete th...

The Tamarindo Commerce and Tourism Chamber summoned its representatives, hoteliers, tour operators, personnel of the Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA), among others, to define the strategies that will guarantee the compliance of new norms that will regulate the different activities carried out in Tamarindo, Guanacaste. These norms aim to protect the environment as well as care for the hea...

The third edition of the event Dîner en Blanc, Costa Rica will take place Saturday, March 18, the location of course still remainssecret and will be disclosed to the attending audience as the date approaches. The traditional Dîner en Blanc was started by François Pasquier in 1988 in Paris, and since then has spread through different cities all around the globe; Amsterdam, Barcelona, Milan, Toky...

The close to 300 people that were in the limits of the Corcovado National Park in the Osa Peninsula since last Sunday and that threatened to enter the park, left voluntarily and peacefully after sustaining conversations with different Government officials. Authorities from the Ministry of Public Security, the Osa Conservation Area and the Presidency, held a meeting with the gold miners and list...

Kivu the lion had finally been moved to a new enclosure where he had enough space to move and hide from the curious looks of the zoo visitors. He was moved to Zoo Ave on December 5, 2016; just two months and 12 days later he passed away, he was 18 years of age. Costa Rica’s beloved lion died on Friday night due to health complications; in the last few weeks’ zoo authorities had confirmed he was...

Almost 300 people in trucks and buses illegally entered the Corcovado National Park in the Osa Peninsula, through “Los Patos” sector, with the purpose of extracting gold. Men and women of different age groups are part of the group that have already began installing tents and temporary houses inside the National Park and some outside near the Termo river mouth. Eduardo Carrillo, director of the...

Out of Costa Rica’s seven provinces maybe Cartago is the one that tourists know less off, however, this province has a lot to offer. Cartago was once the capital of Costa Rica, and home to some of the most influential families of the XVIII and XIX centuries. The temperature here is colder than the rest of the country, and the scenic views impressive. If you are interested in exploring all Co...

The Pan-American Judo Congress that took place in Miami, U.S.A. this Saturday, elected Costa Rica to host the Senior Pan-American Judo Championship of Katas and Veterans in 2018. The designation was possible after the successful organization by the Costa Rican Judo Federation of the 2015 Pan-American Championship. “Once more Costa Rica shows the world that we have the ability to organize high...

With the purpose of increasing the tourism and improving the conditions for national and foreign tourists that visit Corcovado National Park, and in order to provide park rangers with an adequate space to do their work, the Costa Rica Government inaugurated today the new infrastructure at Corcovado in which $2.4 million dollars of the Sustainable Tourism program were invested. The works were ha...

During 2015, a total of 9,300 college students from the United States chose Costa Rica as their learning destination, even over other countries like Australia or Japan. This number has grown in a 156% since 2001; back then the number of foreign students from the United States was of under 4,000. The statistics were offered by the Institute of International Education, Open Doors, and the inform...

If you live in the province of Heredia, Costa Rica, you may feel trapped sometimes by the difficult traffic situation of this area, which has gotten worse with the road work being done, so if you want to go out of your house and see some of Costa Rica but you don’t want to drive much, here are some places in Heredia that you may have not visited yet and that offer a great way to spend your day, th...

The Quality of Life Index carried out by InterNations, the world’s largest expat network that provides information on destinations all around the globe places Costa Rica among the 21 countries that provide a better quality of life. The top five countries in the index are: Taiwan, Austria, Japan, Spain and Costa Rica. In the list of best 21 countries there are only two others from the Americ...

The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE), will invest 970 thousand dollars in remodeling the Manuel Antonio National Park, which will meet the requirements of the National Health Department presented in a sanitary order this past week. The action plan presented by SINAC to the Health Ministry involves the work to be done at the National...

Hollywood actor and tech investor Ashton Kutcher urged U.S. legislators on Wednesday to drum up government support for the development of new technology to fight online sex trafficking. Kutcher's comments to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee follows heightened scrutiny of classified advertising websites such as Backpage.com for carrying ads that offer children for commercial sex. "Te...

The 13th multilingual Cinde job fair began this Friday and will extend through this Sunday, February 19. 49 companies are looking to fill 2,700 positions that require candidates to dominate at least a second language, particularly English or Portuguese. Microsoft, Amazon, Convergys, IBM, Western Union, Citi, Bayer, Dell, Siemens, Roche, Kimberly-Clark, 3M, and Sykes are just some of the com...

This Friday a group of fishermen found the dead body of an alligator close to the area where thousands of dead fish washed ashore just this past Wednesday. The reptile was found in the Moraga estuary, just 700 meters from the place where sardines were found in the Nicoya Gulf. According to a neighbor of Manzanillo, Puntarenas, finding alligators and crocodiles in the area is not uncommon bu...

Costa Rican taekwondo champion María José Calderón, closed 2016 with a gold medal at the Open in Las Vegas, U.S.A. after winning the first silver medal in taekwondo for Costa Rica in the XI WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) World Taekwondo Junior Championship 2016 which was celebrated in Burnaby, Canada. Now, she has received the news that she is holding the second position in the world taekwond...

The Tempisque Conservation Area (ACT) of the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) was alerted by the Police of the existence of three adult crocodiles trapped in a concrete trough in the mangrove area of Chira Island in Puntarenas, apparently, they had been there for a few days. The artificial troughs are part of an abandoned infrastructure of what used to be a salt evaporation pond. A...

Roche, the biggest biotechnology company in the world and one of the preferred employers globally will invest in a new Shared Service Center in Information Technology (IT) in Costa Rica, for the operations of the pharmaceutical in U.S.A. and Canada. Roche is recognized for its focus in the development of innovative medication and diagnose equipment which allow patients to live longer and have a...

Sunday, February 19 is the day set for the ninth edition of the BMX War Jam to take place in the city of Nicoya, Guanacaste, in the gym located in the San Ambrosio School, beginning at 9 a.m. and finishing by 5 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Nicoya Municipality expects the participation of at least 50 competitors from all regions of Costa Rica.  The registration to the event has a cost of ₡10...

The beautiful community of Uvita will be the scenery of the 7th annual Envision festival, February 23rd through February 26th; an experience like no other, yoga, music, dance, education, meditation, sustainability, art and spirituality in connection with the incomparable nature of this beautiful country. What is the Envision Festival? It’s about envisioning a better world, learning about a b...

The lack of adequate water supply infrastructure in the province of Guanacaste is taking its toll in the tourism sector that has to take on additional costs to be able to run their operations normally. The Guanacaste Tourism Board estimates that during the high season of 2015 and all through 2016, hotels and restaurants located in the counties of Carrillo and Santa Cruz had to incur additional ...

The FIFA ethics committee decided on Wednesday to take legal action against the former presidents of the Costa Rican and Guatemalan soccer federations, based on the final report submitted by the investigatory chamber. According to the FIFA statement, Cornel Borbely, chairman of the investigatory chamber of the ethics committee, completed the investigations into alleged illegal payments that Cos...