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Director of Fiscal Police under investigation for signing “false justification” for Celso Gamboa

December 6, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The Deputy Prosecutor’s Office for Probity, Transparency and Anti-Corruption started an investigation for the crime of ideological falsehood against the director of the Fiscal Control Police, Irving Malespín, because he allegedly signed a false justification in the name of that institution so that the former deputy minister of Sala Tercera, Celso Gamboa, justified an absence […]

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¢4-billion plane will face drug traffickers in Costa Rica

December 6, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The Ministry of Public Security presented the aircraft valued at more than ¢4 billion colones purchased to fight drug trafficking: the King Air 250, registration MSP-002, which was manufactured in 2018. The capacity is for four passengers and it is expected to perform special work against drug trafficking in the country. The plane has a […]

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Executive withdraws ROP reform from extraordinary sessions

December 6, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The Executive Branch withdrew the bill that would allow workers to fully withdraw the supplementary pension at the time of retirement from extraordinary sessions of the Legislative Assembly. This was confirmed on Thursday by the Minister of the Presidency, Víctor Morales Mora, who indicated this was done at the request of the National Restoration Party […]

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Religious cult expelled from Costa Rica was deported to the US

December 6, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The Ministry of Public Security of Panama deported “alleged religious cult” that had been expelled from Costa Rica. On Wednesday, Panamanian authorities arrested 17 people, including minors, who allegedly make up the “Carbon Nation” group. Eligio Lee Bishop, their main leader, was also arrested. They were found through an operation carried out on a beach […]

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48 thousand merchants lost their jobs this year and increased informal employment

December 5, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The absence of concrete measures in the area of ​​economic revival takes its toll on employment figures in the country. This Wednesday, the Chamber of Commerce announced that in the last year, 47,494 workers in the formal commercial sector lost their jobs. In the same period, 21,510 people joined the informal commerce sector. 2019 has […]

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Government will seek financing to fight evasion

December 5, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The Government of the Republic, through the Ministry of Finance, will seek $50 million in financing from international organizations, for a period of between three and four years, in order to fight against Tax evasion. This was reported by Rodrigo Chaves, Minister of Finance. With this debt, which would first have to be approved by […]

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