An initiative by legislator Ottón Solís, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), to unify the four financial superintendences is making progress in the legislative assembly. The project was published on Tuesday in the Official Gazette, a necessary step to continue its path to meet the requirements. The legislator introduced the proposal, called MERGE, on January […]
Archives for February 2017
Entrepreneurs can learn about finances for free
Entrepreneurs and rural students will have the opportunity to learn about management and finance for free. Pérez Zeledón, Quepos, and Coto Brus, are the places where the International University of San Isidro Labrador (UISIL) will hold lectures with essential issues for the development of small businesses. The activity, called “noches empresariales” (Business Nights), seeks to […]
Pedro Castro: “By 2018, the country will hardly have new infrastructure”
The construction of public works is a slow process. An administration hardly has time to plan, seek financing, build and inaugurate a project, because the process takes more than 4 years. That is why each Government executes the projects that were left ahead by the previous administrations and plans what will come in the future. […]
Legislator asks the President to intervene INFOCOOP
Legislator Francisco Camacho, from Frente Amplio, asked President Luis Guillermo Solís, to intervene the National Institute for Cooperative Development (INFOCOOP) and take corrective measures due to its current situation. The request was made in a letter he sent to the President signed by other legislators. According to Camacho, the request is due to a number […]
Costa Rica set another record in international arrivals
According to figures from the Costa Rican Institute Of Tourism, Costa Rica set another record in the number of international arrivals: they were 2,925,128 by all ports during 2016. There was a 10% increase compared to the same period in 2015. More than 70% of international arrivals were registered by air, which represents the main […]
Vargas: “if the Chamber rules in favor of Uber, we’ll start offering illegal services”
Taxi drivers celebrated the rejection of the Constitutional Chamber to the accusation presented by the Association of Free Consumers (ACL) against Judge Fernando Cruz. Rubén Vargas, from the Costa Rican Taxi Drivers Union, defended the magistrate’s actions and assured that the Chamber does the right thing by allowing Cruz to continue in the process. The […]