http://www.top10costarica.com Costa Rica information, activities and news Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:58:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Costa Rica vs El Salvador Live CONCACAF World Cup Qualifier Today Watch Costa Rica vs El Salvador live in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifier as the two favourites for this group have struggled before reaching this stage. Costa Rica have qualified for the World Cup before and they try to ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/20/costa-rica-vs-el-salvador/ The Heredia commuter train may be running by December if the government is able to keep its promise and the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer). The train service between Heredia and San José which comes at a cost of some ¢2 billion colones will help ease traffic congestion and if ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/20/heredia-train-promised-for-december/ Costa Rica has been chosen as the host of the most important surfing tournament on the planet. The Costa Rican Surfing Federation (FSC) informed it will host the 2009 International Surfing Association’s (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG), which will be sponsored by Billabong. Jaco Beach, on the Central Pacific, will be ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/20/costa-rica-to-host-2009-billabong-world-surfing-games/ Sykes in Costa Rica is looking to hire some 200 people and will be holding a job fair Saturday. The company is looking for client support personnel to help customers use the company's software, network and information systems. Professionals specialized in Cisco systems and customer service agents who are fluent in English ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/20/sykes-costa-rica-looking-to-hire-200-bilingual-professionals/ As a tropical nation Costa Rica has an extremely fascinating ecosystem. To be able to study this from a birds ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/19/top-5-canopy-tours-costa-rica/ Pedestrian imprudence is the reason for many deaths on Costa Rica's roads. According to figures releases by the Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT), 33 people lost their lives between January and July this year. The numbers are alarming and top deaths of cyclists, becoming the number three cause of traffic accidents. The ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/19/33-people-lost-their-lives-so-far-this-year/ The New England Revolution announced on Monday that the club has signed Costa Rican defender Gabriel Badilla to a Major League Soccer contract to play for the Revs pending U.S. P-1 Visa approval. He will occupy one of the team's seven available international roster spots. Per MLS and club policies, ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/19/revs-add-costa-rican-defender-badilla/ A physicist and a conservationist from The University of Manchester are heading for the rain forests of Costa Rica – in a bid to understand more about a deadly fungus that is killing amphibians around the world. Physicist Dr Mark Dickinson from the Photon Science Institute and Andrew Gray, ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/19/rainforest-expedition-will-shine-light-on-frog-deaths/ The project to develop a marina at Puerto Viejo, on the Caribbean, was filed. The facility was to be developed by Grupo Caribeño Internacional whose chairman, Jan Kalina, said that the $40-million, 100-berth marina was objected by several organizations, “a minority from outside Puerto Viejo”. However, he pointed out, the ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/18/caribbean-marina-project-filed/ The Technical Council of Civic Aviation allocated $20 million to improve landing strips and set up fences at seven airports. Four local terminals, Nosara, Puerto Jimenez, Parismina and Tortuguero, and the international ones at Limon, Pavas and Liberia will benefit from the program. On the other hand, the Civil Aviation ... http://www.top10costarica.com/2008/08/18/costa-rica-airport-improvements/