If you frequently use apps such as Airbnb when planning your vacation, have your wallet ready. The Tax Fraud Bill imposes a 13% tax to temporary accommodation. The draft has already been approved in the first reading in the Legislative Assembly and it’s currently in consultation on the Constitutional Court. Libertarian Movement legislator Otto Guevara […]
Archives for October 2016
Ministry of Security and the communities are united in the fight against drugs
The officers of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the communities are fighting together against the drug problem. In this fight, schools, neighbors and young adults are part of the preventive programs developed by the MSP. There are now more than 15,000 students who have benefited from these programs. Nearly 200 communities are organized […]
Discouragement makes Costa Ricans stop looking for employment
According to the Observatory of the Economic and Social Situation of the School of Economics of the National University (UNA), more and more Costa Ricans are giving up in the search for a job. The research “Situation of the Costa Rican labor market in the second quarter of 2016,” revealed that women and young people […]
One of the abandoned children is still in the hospital
One out of the five neglected children found in a house on October 15th remains hospitalized. It is a 6-year-old girl who was with her four siblings. The little girl was taken to Tony Facio Hospital in Limón because she had signs of apparent aggression. Fanny Cordero, spokeswoman for the National Children’s Trust (PANI) declared that […]
Run to help more than 100 children
The first 2016 Pueblito Costa Rica Fair will be held on October 30th at Paraíso de Cartago with a 5k, 10k and 15k race, a 5K walk and a children’s race. Pueblito is an organization that serves children and youth in condition of abandonment, referred by the National Children’s Trust (PANI). We organize this fair […]
INAMU celebrates “maternity license” granted to a man
The National Institute for Women (INAMU), celebrated the ruling of the Constitutional Court which granted a maternity license to a man after he asked to the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) the equivalent of a maternity leave in order to be able to take care of his newborn daughter, because his wife died hours […]