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Hurricane Otto Victim Assistance Campaign, Authorization Centers,
The Municipality of Escazú, municipal officials, the Lions Club, the Young Person Committee, the Red Cross and the Guides and Scouts will be collecting food and cleaning supplies for the residents of the cantons affected by Hurricane Otto The only point of collection is the Municipality of Escazú building in front of […]
AGUINALDO OR CHRISTMAS BONUS by Licenciado Juan Carlos García Aguilar Private Accountant and Certified Public Accountant
What is the Christmas bonus or Aguinaldo? It is a “additional pay” that must pay to everything (a) boss (a), within first twenty days of December of every year, to its workers (ace), in case of the deprived sector of any class who are and whatever it is the form in which they carry out […]
What to do in case of ashfall
http://www.ivhhn.org/images/pamphlets/preparedness_guidelines_english_print_imposed.pdf http://www.osstation.com/volcanic_ash.html https://www.facebook.com/cruzrojacostarricense/timeline
Bicycling in Santa Ana 4 September at 9:30 a.m
The City of Santa Ana invites you to participate in the Cleteando activity in Santa Ana on Sunday September 4 at 9:30 a.m. made out of City Place and reaching the Soccer Field Center Santa Ana. Attached map with the route.
The end of an icon in Escazu, “mango tree” of Bello Horizonte de Escazu
A tree was an icon of the canton of Escazu day yesterday was withdrawn,, aquí les copio dos puntos sobre este icono el primero ya que por decisión del concejo municipal el 22 de Febrero de este año de darle fin a este arbol ya que por informacion ya estaba muerto Les copio […]
9 JAW DROPPING WAYS TO MAKE THINGS WORK IN COSTA RICA
by Ivo Henfling If you were born and raised in a developed country, you are so used to go to the store and just buy a replacement for whatever is broken or defective. Ticos (someone born and raised in Costa Rica), no matter if they have money or not, are not used to just go […]
8 Practical Rules on how not to get lost in Costa Rica by IVO HENFLING
It’s difficult to not to get lost in Costa Rica when you are not familiar with the way we give directions. Few countries in the world have such an unusual way of giving their guests directions on how to get to your house. But it works; you just need to get the hang of it […]
12 Free Apps that will make living in Costa Rica easier BY IVO HENFLING
Many of us now live with our phone in hand, all day long. Even a lot of us who live in Costa Rica. Some fanatics even do so at night. When you are retired, your phone stops being important to you, or it’s supposed to. Your desktop, or your laptop give you all the necessary connections to your family […]
Escazu News: 19 Years being a great source of information for the Western area of San Jose, Costa Rica.
For 19 years we’ve been emailing the Escazu News out monthly. One could say that we pioneered a different form of information and possibly one of the first blogs in Costa Rica. And to think that over 21 years ago I had to personally deliver a brochure to my Zucaes Real Estate clients. I even […]