A fugitive from Colombian justice who had an international arrest warrant for homicide was caught in an investigation carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Second Judicial Circuit of San José. Márquez Calderón was arrested on Wednesday night, after he apparently attacked a security guard at his place in San Pedro de Montes de […]
Archives for January 31, 2019
Most cases of tax evasion have no judicial punishment
An overwhelming majority of cases of tax evasion that enter the Public Prosecutor’s Office don’t receive legal punishment. This was confirmed on Thursday by the Comptroller General, Marta Acosta, who spoke before the Commission for Control of Income and Expenditure of the Legislative Assembly. According to the official, they counted all tax evasion cases in […]
Police authorities investigate plane crash in Guanacaste
Police authorities are investigating a plane crash that occurred on Wednesday in Santa Cruz de Guanacaste, after the tests came back positive for an unknown substance. Víctor Barrantes, ai Minister of Public Safety, said that the K9 (canine unit) determined there are traces of possible drugs. The Press Office of the Ministry of Public Security […]
Earthquake shook the country
The National Seismological Network (RSN) announced there was a 5.4-magnitude earthquake in Drake on Thursday morning. The tremor was felt in the South Pacific, Central Pacific, Central Valley and Chiriqui of Panama. It occurred 33 kilometers northwest of Drake, Osa and it had a depth of 24 kilometers. The earthquake was caused by the subduction […]
Rise in the single tax on fuels is already in force
The Public Services Regulatory Authority (Aresep) announced that a reduction in the price of fuel would be applied this week. Super and Plus gasoline will decrease ¢16, and the diesel will have a ¢10 reduction. But not all is good news for drivers, as a decree announced a 1.01% increase in the single tax per […]
Trump’s conversation with Guaidó
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump phoned the self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, to congratulate him on his historic inauguration and to offer him all his support, according to the White House. They both agreed to maintain regular communication to support Venezuela’s path towards stability and to rebuild the bilateral relationship between the […]