Since July 2017, the Public Prosecutor’s Office maintains that Banco Popular officials, who were arrested on Wednesday in a series of raids, sold Chinese cement through the Internet and institutional telephones. The Prosecutor’s Office requested six months of preventive custody against six people, four of them officials of the bank who are now suspects of […]
Archives for March 2018
New app to create homes more environmentally-friendly homes
Households will now have the possibility of identifying if their actions are sustainable and friendly to the environment through a platform specialized in registering, free of charge and simply, the environmental indicators of households. The initiative Hogar Azul was created by the software company specializing in sustainability Susty. According to Julian Trussart, CEO of Susty, […]
Manager of the CCSS left his position to join the PAC campaign
On Tuesday, the Government Council met and accepted the resignation of Renato Alvarado from the board of directors of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). He was representative of the business sector. Now he leaves to join the work teams of Carlos Alvarado’s campaign. Alvarado presented the resignation last week, and is already working […]
Constitutional Chamber reiterates moratorium on oil exploitation
The magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber declared there was no action of unconstitutionality, which was filed against three executive decrees dictated in 2011, 2014, and 2016 aiming to nullify the moratorium on exploration and oil exploitation. The claims were raised by the College of Geologists of Costa Rica, an organization that asked to annul the […]
Electric bikes importer fights the Treasury over tax collection
Mario Monge has been involved in the sale of electric bicycles since 2014. This year he acquired two new models of electric bicycles. However, he ran into the surprise that, although the Law of Incentives for Electric Mobility had already been approved, he still had to pay taxes. I’m fighting with the Treasury because I […]
Ticos can rent hybrid cars and recharge the battery for free
As announced with the signing of the Law of Incentives for Electric Transportation, the country will provide a series of benefits to car agencies to promote electric mobility. Car rental companies are not the exception and starting on Wednesday, for the first time, hybrid vehicles are available for rent. Ed Smith, representative of Edventure Travel […]