Directory New Links Wellness CentersNo doubt Costa Rica’s tourism is down due to the instability of the economy, particularly the US were Costa Rica gets a majority of their tourists. This in turn has also lead to the layoffs of 1000s of workers and off course the belt-tightening of businesses. However, all is not lost, and if there was [...]
One thing about being the admin of Costa Rica’s largest directory, we get a lot of emails, about everything under the sun (no pun intended on this post) – from where to buy the best airline tickets, to hot nightclub action, to just rant and raving.
And then we get the curious or concern like the [...]
With the economy suffering, credit card fraud is higher then it has ever been in Costa Rica. In the last few months, just the Tico Times Directory, the fraud attempts have tripled. A month ago, we received payment for a statewide ad to rent a car, condo and cell phone. Ten days after the ad [...]
The first lady of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Patti Blagojevich is now going to take her hubby’s place on being on the NBC show “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here,” (which got canceled due to poor rating) to be filmed in Costa Rica.
If you remember (ugh, like it is one of [...]
It seems that Costa Rica’s government is following in California’s and other US States footsteps by proposing a new tax on cigarettes to increase their revenue.
Yes I know – cigs are bad, unhealthy, lead to lung cancer, and blab blab blab…
This law would limit smoking in some work places, public recreation, and cultural areas and [...]
