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Costa Rica Proposes Tax on Worldwide Income

June 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A frequent rumor in Costa Rica is that Americans living here have trees that produce a limitless supply of dollars. From the Costa Rica point of view the income in dollars is not fully transparent, given that Costa Rica does not tax or require reporting of income earned abroad. However, if the government of Luis […]

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Up to 1% of workforce are subcontracted employees

June 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Only 1 percent of private workers are employed as subcontracted, according to the 2015 companies national survey. There are 433,000 workers with contracts for an indefinite time, which represent 96 percent of the workforce. The remaining 3 percent have fixed-term contracts. Most positions offered in the form of subcontracts are jobs in private security, cleaning, systems […]

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School lunch supplier suspended for selling horse meat

June 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A supplier of the school lunch program was suspended after a study found it has been distributing horse meat to schools in Cartago. The supplier was suspended on May, 25th and the authorities are preparing other legal actions against the producer. According to the National Production Council (CNP), the provider met all the requirements to […]

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Civil society groups supplied goods to victim of rape

June 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Many individuals and organizations collected food and other baby care products for a young mother from Limón who was recently raped by a convict on a parole. The attack happened one-week after the woman, had given birth to her third child. The mother can no longer breastfeed her child because she’s on medication to prevent […]

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Unions’ wage adjustment proposals for inflation

June 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Unions participating in the National Wages Council have 3 proposals aiming to face inflation with an increase of minimum wages, which will be in force from July, 1st. The first proposal came from the union confederations, composed of the Confederación de Trabajadores Rérum Novarum, Central Movimiento de Trabajadores Costarricenses, Central Social Juanito Mora, and Confederación […]

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Youngster survived by playing dead

June 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A 15-year-old boy pretended to be dead to avoid being strangled in an assault in which his 12-year-old cousin wasn’t so lucky. The attack occurred on Sunday at Banderas de Pocosol in San Carlos. The assailants are allegedly two Nicaraguan brothers named Solís. The deceased victim was dragged by the neck with a motorcycle and […]

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