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ECLAC: Redundant Institutions are atrophying Infrastructure Development

December 13, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The existence of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), the National Highway Council (CONAVI) and the municipalities, is saturating the solution of a single problem: the atrophied road infrastructure that afflicts Costa Rica. Through a report, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) noted the counterproductive deconcentration in decision-making to […]

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Nicaragua will not pay for environmental damages in Isla Portillos

December 13, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Nicaraguans don’t believe the payment to Costa Rica for environmental damage to Isla Portillos will be a reality any time soon. One of the legislators who support the Sandinismo, Wilfredo Navarro, confessed to the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa that it is ‘almost impossible’ that the executive branch submits an amendment to the budget to pay […]

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Municipality of San José launches “mobile command”

December 13, 2016 by Staff News Writer

On Monday morning, the Municipality of San José presented a SUV equipped with the highest technology that will be used by the Municipal Police to fight criminals. The vehicle has screens, video players, tents, radios, computers and an office that allows the vehicle to become a mobile command post. We want from San José to […]

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According to ICEFI, the lack of a fiscal agreement jeopardizes the country’s social achievements

December 13, 2016 by Staff News Writer

According to Abelardo Medina, an economist at the Central American Institute of Fiscal Sciences (ICEFI), the lack of a definitive agreement on a tax reform in Costa Rica is putting the social achievements of the last 40 years at risk. Medina evaluated the country’s draft budget for 2017 and  estimated that maintaining the medium-and long-term prospects of […]

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Drop in ICE electricity rates approved for next year

December 13, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (ARESEP) approved a reduction in electricity rates from the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) in all its system, which will come into effect on January 1st, 2017. The rate reduction responds to the fact that the Reventazón Project was not included in the calculation of the base rate, because […]

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App will let you know the progress of the list of surgeries in the CCSS

December 13, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A mobile app tells you the position of your pending surgery in the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). “Surgical Route” is an aggregate of the app of the Single Health Record (EDUS) that allow patients from 21 hospitals and the Eye Clinic to keep track of their surgeries since the moment they were scheduled. […]

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