On Wednesday afternoon the official newspaper La Gaceta published the reduction in the price of fuel. The decrease responds to the request of the Public Services Regulatory Authority (Aresep) after a study carried out in the month of June. The decrase applies from this Thursday, July 4th. Thus, the price of super gasoline will decrease […]
Archives for July 4, 2019
The US deported Tico convicted of sexual assault of a minor
The authorities of the United States deported a Costa Rican man who broke the immigration law and who also had a conviction for sexual crimes in the national territory. According to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service, the Costa Rican was deported last Monday. This previously-condemned sex offender was an obvious danger to the […]
Subject wanted by US justice was apprehended by the Interpol
A 36-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday morning by agents of the National Central Office of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) in the sector of Heredia. He is wanted by the United States government for the crime of drug trafficking. According to the first investigations, the Colombian subject […]
No power supply for Heredia this Thursday
Nearly 10 thousand residents of San Rafael de Heredia will not have electricity service on Thursday. The suspension will be from 7am to 4pm due to improvement works of the electric network in Los Angeles of San Rafael de Heredia. The Public Services Company of Heredia (ESPH) reported that the affected will be 8,200 residents […]
Health unions will go on strike “as a first warning”
The health unions made a strike call for July 4th, in downtown San José. UNDECA, BUSSCO and Sinae-Afines unions will demonstrate against the economic measures promoted by the government and the legislators in the matter of taxes. In addition, they ask for the dismissal of the Minister of Finance, Rocío Aguilar. The movement has been […]
Moody’s analyst: Eurobonds are not the definitive solution
National legislators approved in the first reading Eurobonds for $1.5 billion; however, Moody’s believes this will not be the definitive solution to the financial problem in Cosa Rica. It is good that the government seeks other sources of financing, but they are not the total solution to the problem of public finances in Costa Rica, […]