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Archives for December 14, 2016

Traffic fines will drop in January

December 14, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The Consumer Price Index for June 2016, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), was -0.88%. In that percentage, as established by the Traffic Law, Traffic fines will be reduced from January 1st, 2017. Under this scenario, the highest fine for violations of Article 143 of the Road Traffic Act, such as […]

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Disagreements make it difficult for Upala to receive emergency budget on time

December 14, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The extraordinary resources to address the emergency caused by Hurricane Otto in Upala are being delayed due to conflicts in the Legislative Assembly. In a few days, the public institutions will cease their activities for what’s left of the year and the Legislative Assembly must hurry to approve a budget of 2 billion colones intended […]

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Failed attempts to rule on medical marijuana plan

December 14, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A new attempt to rule on the bill that seeks to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana stumbled on Tuesday in the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Legislative Assembly. The members of the legislative panel were ready to approve a substitute text to the project, but they were unable to do so because of […]

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Pence offered Solís cooperation to continue ongoing programs

December 14, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The phone call between the President Luis Guillermo Solis and US Vice President-elect, Michael Pence, was a friendly one without further details on specific aspects. According to Solís, days after the election of Donald Trump as president of the American nation, he followed the protocol through the Embassy of that country to call and congratulate […]

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Costa Rican Government assured that Mike Pence’s phone call was “cordial, positive and constructive”

December 14, 2016 by Staff News Writer

On December 8th, US vice President-elect Mike Pence called the President of the Republic, Luis Guillermo Solís, to his personal cell phone. Pence talked briefly with Solís and, according to the Presidential House, he had words of praise for Costa Rica. The contact was described as ‘cordial, positive and constructive’ by the government. The call […]

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Intel’s Mega lab completes 2 years of operations in the country

December 14, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The operations of the transnational Intel have been refocused on the design of the technology that is manufactured outside the Costa Rican borders, after ceasing the construction of microprocessors in the country two years ago. We are working on the technology that the market will see in 2018,” said Sergio Pacheco, a member of the […]

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