Yearly Archives: 2015
ICE Pays Millions Of Colonees In Rent For 5-Person Building
QCOSTARICA - Reason No. 5892 for why the Instituto Costarrisense de Electricidad (ICE)'s electrical rates are so high: the inefficient and bloated state-owned company pays ¢7 million colones monthly for a rental building housing five employees.
The building is a very neat affair in downtown Palmares in Alajuela province.
The state...
Environment Aims To Reduce Noise and Gas Pollution Of Motorcycles
QCOSTARICA - The Ministry of the Environment (Ministerio de Ambiente y EnergÃa - MINAE) plans to get tough on motorcycle noise pollution and gas emissions.
enviroment minister, Edgar Gutiérrez, said a bill is being prepared with the participation of distributors in the country, similar to the the plan to remove...
US/Canada Advances Clocks Forward, Costa Rica Stays At The Same Time
QCOSTARICA - Daylight saving time (DST) or summer time is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months by one hour so that light extends into the evening hours—sacrificing normal sunrise times.
Typically, users of DST adjust clocks forward one hour near the start of spring and adjust them backward...