Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan are listed as the best countries in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). This test evaluates the performance of students in different subjects. In all these countries, among other control measures, the work done by teachers is evaluated. Analysts from the BBC said there is a significant relationship […]
Archives for June 2016
No more tax privileges
Members of the Financial Affairs Committee endorsed a bill that eliminates tax privileges to the real estate developers’ investment funds. The initiative aims to an 8% income tax on all yields from investment funds, instead of the current 5%. However, according to Paulina Ramírez from Partido de Liberación Nacional (PLN), investment fund’s earnings from housing, media […]
Man arrested with 3,000 turtle eggs in Guanacaste
Public Force officers arrested a man in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, carrying 3,200 turtle eggs in his truck. According to the Ministry of Public Security, officers in a checkpoint of a busy area, intercepted the man named Méndez, who was traveling on a Isuzu Rodeo, inside of which there were 16 bags of eggs without the […]
Heredia Hospital’s outpatient surgeries increase
From August there will be an increase in the evening and outpatient surgeries in the San Vicente de Paúl de Heredia hospital. According to Dr. Mario Ruiz, deputy director of the medical center, this will be achieved by enabling 8 of the 10 operating rooms the medical center has to work until 10:00 pm and […]
Public employees ask 5 times more sick days than private employees
According to the information provided by the Central Evaluation Commission Disability of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) to legislator Mario Redondo, public employees ask 5 times more sick days compared to those in the private sector. According to the report, during 2014, the State granted 1,637,360 sick days at a total cost of […]
Motorcyclists avoid traffic jams and collide with death
Motorcycles are now one of the few options for drivers to escape traffic jams, but at a high price. Traffic Police registered 100 road deaths this year. In 2015 the National Insurance Institute (INS), assisted 10,000 motorcyclists between January and April. In the same period of 2016 that number increased to 11,345. This also means […]