Value of standardized tests will rise to 50% until 2025
The Higher Education Council (CSE) agreed, on Monday night, that the National Standardized Tests increase their value to 50% until 2025. Originally, this increase was scheduled for next year, but the governing body for education in Costa Rica accepted a proposal from Minister Anna Katharina Müller, who suggested modifying the percentages. With the change, the […]
Umbrian Becomes New Sportswear Brand for Alajuelense
Umbrian will be the new brand that is in charge of providing sportswear for the alajuelenseas announced by the institution this Sunday. The English brand is in charge of dressing all the red and black divisions, including the technical staff. It is a very important step for the club, Umbro is one of the largest […]
Costa Rica Ministry of Finance Adds 13 New Digital Services, Including Disney+, to VAT Taxation List
The Ministry of Finance announced this afternoon the decision to tax 13 new digital services, including Disney+, inDrive and YouTube Music, with value added tax (VAT). This is a new update in the list of so-called “cross-border digital services”, which are those that are paid for and enjoyed in Costa Rica, but to companies that […]
Keyla’s mother after mastectomy: “Very great blessings come disguised as crises”
A few months ago, for Kattya Granados, mother of the presenter Keyla Sánchez, the term cancer was alien: a disease that she never thought would affect her. In his family, on neither side, there was a history of this type of disease. So she was completely taken by surprise by the diagnosis of breast cancer. […]
Meet the first plane that flew, non-stop, from Australia to Costa Rica
This Monday, a plane that came directly from Australia landed at the Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, in Liberia, Guanacaste. (see attached photo gallery). It is the first time that a flight without technical stops has been recorded from that Oceanian country. Fernando Naranjo, director of Civil Aviation, explained that the aircraft arrived on Costa […]
West Ham United golea al Nottingham Forest de Keylor Navas
With an unappealable 4-0, West Ham United thrashed Nottingham Forest of Tico Keylor Navas at home. The national goalkeeper could do little to avoid the scores of Danny Ings at 70 and 73, Declan Rice at 78 and Michail Antonio at 85. From the initial whistle the game looked complicated for Navas and company. Los […]
They locate dozens of syringes and tubes for blood samples in front of the Los Yoses school
Dozens of syringes and tubes with possible biological fluids were located on a sidewalk in front of the Sacred Heart of Jesus School, in Los Yoses, San José. “We started calling 9-1-1 and trying to coordinate well who could come to pick them up, we assume that it has to be specialized personnel, they cannot […]
Municipality of San José demands holes in the streets from the MOPT
Rewrite this content With publications on social networks, the Municipality of San José denounces the lack of attention to the holes in the streets of the capital by the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT). According to the municipality, a quarter of the national highways in the canton are deteriorated. Tired of dodging these […]
Operation in San José leaves 120 confiscated cell phones, apparently stolen
Rewrite this content Public Force asks citizens to file a complaint if they are victims of the theft of a device such as a cell phone. After the police intervention carried out this Friday by the Ministry of Security and the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), it resulted in the confiscation of 120 cell phones of […]
In the middle of the season, the NBA has no clarity on the position table
Rewrite this content The midpoint of the NBA schedule only makes one situation clear. There is little clarity on the league table and a play-off spot is a possibility for at least 25 of the league’s 30 teams. In the Eastern Conference, 13 of the fifteen teams are in the range of seventh place, which […]