Yesterday, Grecia the toucan celebrated a year of recovery at the Zoo Ave animal rescue center in Alajuela. The bird, which lost part of its peak during an attack in 2015, was part of the launch of the program “Padrinos del Zoológico”, for companies and individuals to financially support the care and feeding of a […]
Archives for August 2017
Costa Rica received 27% of foreign investment in Central America in 2016
On Thursday, he Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) reported that Foreign direct investment (FDI) to Central America grew 3.7% during 2016 and totaled $ 11.833 million. The increase in investments to the two main recipients of the subregion -Panama, which concentrated 44%, and Costa Rica, with 27% – offset the drop recorded by the […]
Treasury debt was 22% higher than planned for the first half of the year
In the first half of 2017, the Ministry of Finance placed debt at ¢ 1.16 trillion, 22% more than announced in January (¢ 950 billion). 51% was placed in installments for more than 10 years. The government’s total debt to June 2017 exceeded ¢15 billion. This means that debt grew by 7% between December and […]
INA hierarchs to render accounts for millionaire trip to United Arab Emirates
The executive president of the National Institute of Learning (INA), Minor Rodríguez, will have to be accountable to the legislators for the millionaire expenses in foreign trips for officials of the entity. The Committee on Control of Income and Public Expenditure of the Legislative Assembly decided to summon Rodríguez, members of the Board of Directors […]
44 domestic employees were insured online
In just two days, 44 domestic employees were insured by their employers through the platform of the Centralized Collection System (Sicere). Gustavo Picado, financial manager of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), said that employers exceeded expectations and even had many inquiries both in person and on the online platforms that the institution put […]
Mario Redondo will confirm presidential candidacy on Saturday
This Saturday, the National Assembly of Christian Democratic Alliance (ADC) will ratify the presidential candidacy of legislator Mario Redondo for the elections of February 2018. Redondo said the announcement of his proposal will be made at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Bar Association and that about 200 people from all over the country […]