Archives for April 2017

An Italian made man, located in New York, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for importing more than 50 kilos of cocaine from Costa Rica. Gregorio Gigliotti, 61, was sentenced in the East District Court of New York for drug-trafficking and firearm-carrying offenses. The subject used a pizzeria located in Queens as a front […]

Yesterday afternoon, the bill that includes amendments to the Law on Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances, Drugs of Unauthorized Use, Related Activities, Legitimation of Capital and Financing of Terrorism, requested by the International Financial Action Task Group (FATF), was passed. An agreement between the fractions and legislator Óscar López’ decision of removing the motions that he […]

The fiscal deficit in the first quarter of 2017 amounted to 1.2% of GDP, a figure similar to the one achieved in the third month of 2016. The amount is equivalent to ¢ 409.77 billion. The figures were presented on April 20th by finance minister and vice president Helio Fallas. Last March, tax revenues grew 8.5%, […]

If you have a delicious and healthy cooking recipe, this is your chance to share it with all Costa Ricans, as if you were a professional chef! As part of the campaign announced by the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), in order to promote healthy lifestyles and thus address the growth of chronic diseases, […]

Oil opened with a slight fall in New York, with difficulties to recover from the sharp decline of the previous day and the distrust on the prospects of reabsorption of the world supply. The price of a light sweet crude (WTI), the US benchmark, was down six cents to $50.38 for the May delivery contract […]

The first meeting of the Indigenous Advisory Council of the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) was held on Wednesday. This is the first time in 24 years and the aim is to open the dialogue table to determine what the issues to be addressed in the indigenous population are and their needs within the education […]