Ironman 5i50 has been added to the Ironman 70.3 Costa Rica triathlon competition. Ironman 5i50 is an Olympic distance triathlon, 1.5 kilometer (0.9 miles) swim, 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) bike ride and 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) run. The Ironman 5i50 Costa Rica will be held the same day as the Ironman 70.3 and in the same location, June 24 at Playas del Coco, Carrillo, Guanacaste. This event ...

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After the preventive closure of Poas Volcano National Park this past Monday, visitation to the park has resumed with normality despite the sporadic passive eruptions that it continues to report. The eruptions have been of variable intensity and after the analysis by experts the park remains open to the public with certain restrictions and security measures. “When there is a change in the dir...

Monday, February 11, at 1:51 a.m. the Poas Volcano in Alajuela, Costa Rica, registered an eruption with a column that reached 200 meters above the crater and 2,908 meters above sea level (9,538.24 ft.) this was a passive eruption that continued on through the early morning hours. The eruption also showed the presence of incandescent material. The direction of the winds is causing the gases and ...

A three week expedition off the coast of Costa Rica has just expanded our knowledge of deep sea ecosystems in the region. Led by Dr. Erik Cordes, Temple University, the scientists aboard research vessel Falkor surveyed the continental margin for seamounts and natural gas seeps, where specialized biological communities are found. The seamounts extending from the mainland to the Cocos Islands Nation...

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The newly inaugurated Oxigeno Human Playground in Heredia, Costa Rica, will host its first musical show February 22 and 23 with the live performance of Arrival, a Swedish ABBA tribute band. The event will take place in the “Vivir” world (O1)of the Oxigeno complex at 8 p.m. both dates. Arrival was founded in 1995 and soon became one of the most popular and most selling ABBA Show bands. Since ...

The company Standard Fruit Company in Costa Rica, a subsidiary of Dole, closed their work-center in the province of Limon, which included an operations department, terminal and workshop, affecting a total of 240 employees. The reason of the closure is due to the fact that the operations handled by this division are now offered by APM Terminals with a rate that is more convenient for the company...

During a conversation with my good buddy and fellow competitor Merv Low last night, he mentioned how I 'fished blind' because I don’t use any electronics. I jokingly replied "on the contrary Merv, it’s the lack of electronics that makes me fish with my eyes wide open". When you are fishing with no gps and no depth finder you are forced to use every bit of available data such as birds, visible l...

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The work of the Drug Control Police (PCD) of the Ministry of Public Security, allowed the seizure of 975 kilograms of marijuana, five cars, cash and the arrest of 12 people. The events took place on the early hours of Sunday, when an anonymous tip on the confidential line 1176, alerted over the transportation of drugs. Public Police Force stopped a truck with two people and a car, also with ...

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Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 1:26 a.m. the Rincon de la Vieja Volcano in Guanacaste, registered another important eruption; the height reached by the column of gas is unknown due to the visibility conditions in this area at the time. The most intense phase of the eruption lasted approximately 5 minutes, according to the seismic registries. Neighbors located to the north of the Volcano confirm...

Nine out of ten people in the world breath air with contamination levels that are higher than those recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), being aware of this problem is what inspired a Costa Rican company to create “Essential Air”, cans of 100% rainforest air from Costa Rica. "WHO estimates that around 7 million people die every year from exposure to fine particles in polluted air...

Costa Rica will host the Pan-American Marine Energy Conference (PAMEC-2020), January 26 through January 29, 2020, an event where experts will be able to present and discuss results of the most diverse investigations on energy of waves, swells, currents, thermal gradients and wind. Investigators, researches and businessmen of the sector of non-conventional areas, consultants and other members of...

After five days of intense kayak fishing Jaco Beach resident Lance Clinton claimed 3rd place out of a field of 12 finalists selected worldwide to compete in the annual “winner-take-all” Los Buzos Panama International Kayak Fishing World Championship 2019. The 1st place winner – James McBeath of Canada -- took home $10,000. “The tournament was great. Caught some great fish and finished in third,...

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The hydro-thermal activity at the Poas Volcano has maintained throughout the last month, and it presented an important eruption the afternoon of this Monday, January 7. These eruptions are considered as normal for this volcano, they occur as the lake dries out leaving behind mud and sediments which cause impulsive expulsions of gas. Poas Volcano National Park reopened its doors to the public...

On Thursday, January 3, a bank security guard heroically intervened and prevented a robbery in Coronado, San José, Costa Rica; he managed to shoot and kill three men on his own. The guard saw the moment one of the men attacked a woman who had just gotten out of a car and was walking towards the bank to make a deposit. Judiciary Investigative Police (OIJ) confirmed that the men had targeted t...

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A security guard of a shopping center in Coronado, San José, Costa Rica shot and killed three men as they attempted to rob a couple that was going to make a bank deposit. According to the Ministry of Public Security the suspects arrived on a motorcycle to the Paseo Nuevo shopping center in Vásquez de Coronado, their target was a couple that was carrying cash to make a deposit at the BAC bank br...

On January 1st 2019, The Municipal Band of Acosta participated in the 130th edition of the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, representing Costa Rica and Latin America since it was the only music band in this region that took part in the event. With a combination of traditional Costa Rican music and dance the band represented the country and received the cheers of the audience. “This is a ...

Jaco Beach resident and super kayaker Lance Clinton leaves New Year’s Day for Panama as one of 12 finalists selected worldwide to compete in the annual “winner-take-all” Los Buzos Panama Kayak Fishing World Championship 2019. Clinton, 49, a former stock broker from Seattle, was chosen by the event’s organizers as Costa Rica’s top kayak fisherman. He turned professional four years ago and is spo...

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The end of the year activities in San José, concluded with unfortunate violent events. In the case of the traditional horse parade “tope”, a participant created the problem when he began beating on police officers with a whip. Apparently the man, of last names Pizarro Espinoza, was drunk and had been creating some problems during the activity, when he was left behind by the parade he was approa...

Since December 2014, a fissure on the Northern side of the Irazu Volcano started to buckle the land where 84 telecommunication towers for television, radio and private communication are set. Since 2015 the National University's Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute (OVSICORI) has been monitoring the situation and carrying out measurements of the sector through the use of GPS. “Between A...

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The Poas Volcano has been registering phreatic eruptions for the past two days as a result of the evaporation of the lake. ¨Since December 19, the Poas Volcano has been generating eruptions with a high content of water vapor¨, explains the National University's Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute ( OVSICORI). These activity is very typical of the Poas Volcano, and they occur as the la...

Miss Costa Rica 2018, Natalia Carvajal, was able to make it among the top 10 in this year’s Miss Universe contest, which took place this Sunday, December 17 in Bangkok, Thailand. The last time that Costa Rica was able to make it among the Top 10, was in 2011 when the country was represented by Johanna Solano; before Solano, it was Nancy Soto in 2004 who managed to make the top 10. Carvajal is t...

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Did you know that water accidents are the second cause of accidental death in Costa Rica? This is why, authorities of the Costa Rica Tourism Board are working on installing new warning signs at 100 beaches, that were selected as the most visited by national and foreign tourists and that are known to have a high level of risk due the presence of rip currents. The works will continue through this...

Costa Rica became the first country to gather 25 tons of plastic in under 8 hours, this gives the country the Guinness Record which was previously held by India which had gathered 23 tons in less than 8 hours. Only type 1 and 2 plastic bottles counted. The activity took place at the Pedregal Event Center in San Antonio de Belén, Heredia, here all the plastic was gathered and weighed which re...

The family of murdered tourist, Carla Stefaniak, has continued to share information regarding Carla's case through the Facebook page "FindingCarla", on one of the most recent posts, they informed that Costa Rican authorities had shared the results of the autopsy with the family, they described the same as "absolutely terrifying". Although exact details were not shared, it has been said that the...

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The morning of this Wednesday, December 28, at 7 a.m. local time the Turrialba Volcano registered another eruption with a column of ash that reached close to 500 meters above the cater, 3,840 meters above sea level (12595.2 ft). The eruption carried on for a couple of hours, with ash reaching several areas of the Central Valley, including Santa Ana and Tibás in San José and San Rafael in Heredi...

A BMW toy car is used in the Guapiles and Puntarenas Hospitals in Costa Rica to take small children to the operating room, this with the purpose of reducing the trauma caused at the moment the child is separated from the parents to undergo surgery. The control remote toy car drives the children to the operating room; according to doctor Iliana Musa, director of the Guapiles Hospital the effect ...

Former bass player and singer of the famous band Pink Floyd, legend Roger Waters, sold out the National Stadium in Costa Rica and the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado and the First Lady, Claudia Dobles were among those 46,000 people privileged to enjoy the concert but also among the very few to meet Waters in person, Alvarado is a known fan of the band and Waters since his teen years. “...