Gifts, Christmas dinner, New Year’s eve party and holidays, increased Costa Ricans’ credit card debt in ¢60 billion, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and commerce (MEIC). Including this increase, the total debt reached ¢897 billion, which represents about 3.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP). In addition, 75% […]
Archives for May 25, 2016
21% of plants could disappear
21% of the world’s plants are endangered, according to the first global census of plants in the botanical center Kew Gardens in London. According to Professor Kathy Willis, scientific director of the Royal Botanic Kew Gardens, We already had a report on the global status of birds, sea turtles and even parents. But, despite its […]
Judiciary will have to pay twice for construction plans
The delay to complete a construction, makes the Judicial Power to spend ¢325 million more to update the construction plans. This money adds to the ¢222 millones already paid to make the blueprints in 1999. The design consists in three buildings of 114,829.4 square feet, which would rise at a plot in Hatillo 1. The […]
Turrialba’s eruptions are getting stronger
On May, 24th, at 21:45 a strong eruption on Turrialba volcano was reported. According to Blas Sanchez, there was an immense output of ash, and the seismic activity in the crater was quite high”. The Seismology Volcano Observatory (OVSICORI) of the National University (UNA) estimated that the ash cloud reached 3,500 meters above the volcano’s […]
Law will allow Finance Ministry to use idle resources
The Ministry of Finance will have a tool to “absorb” all idle resources that institutions do not run within two years, and use them for the payment of the public debt. The Efficient Administration of Public Resources Bill is about to be approved by the legislature. This is one of the eight projects the executive […]
Walmart will pass 500 outsourced jobs to its payroll
Walmart announced that will change contract conditions for 500 outsourced positions and will open up 1,000 new vacancies for its 185 stores and selling stations Palí and Maxipalí. Until now, Walmart would hire contracting agencies that provided outsourced workers. These employees would do a few hours work shifts at Walmart and afterwards would go to […]