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Archives for December 6, 2016

Treasury places new type of domestic debt bond

December 6, 2016 by Staff News Writer

As part of the Internal Indebtedness Plan for the second half of the year, the Ministry of Finance auctioned a new title called Adjustable Sovereign Real Property Title (TPRAS), whose main feature is the indexation of coupons to the net yields of the Sovereign Curve calculated by the Central Bank of Costa Rica. According to […]

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San Juan de Dios Hospital’s emergency service improved after the transfer of some Patients

December 6, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The transfer of several patients from San Juan de Dios Hospital to other care centers, allowed the emergency service to work better the past weekend. From the previous week the service was collapsed again with more than 81 patients who had to wait in the service due to a lack of beds to hospitalize them. […]

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Costa Rica’s legislative transparency ranks first in Latin America

December 6, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Costa Rica ranks first in the transparency indexes regarding the work of the Congress, the good use of its budget and its administrative management among 13 countries in Latin America, according to a study by the Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency. The study places Costa Rica with 78% in the work of its Congress […]

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According to new survey, Solís and Figueres are seen as strong political leaders

December 6, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A new survey published by the firm CID Gallup assures that Jose María Figueres and Ottón Solís are the two figures with better-perceived political leadership. The study, conducted between November 7th and 16th, consulted 1202 people. When asked who should win the 2018 elections and become the next president, 13% replied that Jose María Figueres, […]

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Epsy Campbell: “condemning the PAC is a wake-up call”

December 6, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Legislator Epsy Campbell from Acción Ciudadana Party (PAC), stated that condemning the political group before the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) for the crime of major fraud is a “wake-up call”. The legislator said that the party accepted the sentence with responsibility, but she added: we are certain that the convicted people were not interested in […]

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50 victims of the fire in León XIII were relocated

December 6, 2016 by Staff News Writer

More than 50 people who were affected by the fire in Tibás on November 26th, saw a light of hope on December 2nd, when they were relocated. They managed to leave the shelter. Tibás’ Mayor Carlos Cascante informed that 15 families received a check so that they can pay the rent of a house for […]

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