A recommendation to transfer the resources of Union Employees from Central Bank to another bank entity led to the discovery of a defalcation by an administrative employee of the union. Heiner Ugalde, legal adviser to the agency, confirmed this information and explained the situation was reported to officials since late May via email. The amount […]
Guanacaste is betting on organic farming
Three years ago gastric cancer took Don Miguel Gutiérrez’ wife. Since then, the farmer from Guanacaste chose to take care of his family and grow healthier products. That was the origin of living from organic products and the reason why he became one of the first 24 farmers certified by the Ministry of Agriculture and […]
$30,000 to promote the use of footbridges
Signs to encourage the population to use footbridges are now being placed following an investment of nearly $30,000. H&M Group, an aggregates, concrete and biodiesel company, joined the celebration of the Road Safety Week, by taking on the beautification of the pedestrian bridge Los Arcos over the General Cañas track. We join the call of […]
SUGEF, Finance Ministry and ICD call for anti-money laundering projects
Several bills related to supervision, financial regulation and money tracking are waiting for the legislative process in order to meet requirements set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Superintendence of Financial Institutions (SUGEF), the Ministry of Finance and the Costa Rican Drug Institute (ICD), […]
3 pregnancies with Zika are under surveillance
Since the arrival of Zika in Costa Rica earlier this year, five cases of pregnant women with the virus have been reported. One of them had an abortion in early fetal development stages, but authorities were unable to determine whether it was specifically related to Zika, since the woman was suffering from hypertension. There was […]
180 kilos of cocaine confiscated in Guanacaste
An operation carried out on June, 25th in Cañas de Belén, Guanacaste, resulted in the arrest of a man and the seizure of 180 kilograms of cocaine. In the evening hours, officers found a small plane and two vehicles fleeing the site at high speed. After following them, the officers managed to find a black […]