President Carlos Alvarado presented a new economic recovery plan based on four strategic axes. The government has assured that this initiative is ambitious but realistic and will focus on four areas: public investment, private investment, encouragement of hiring people and measures to take care of people’s pocket. Again, Alvarado’s administration promises to work to activate […]
Minister of Finance opposes total withdrawal of the ROP
The Minister of Finance, Rocío Aguilar, said on Wednesday morning at the Committee on Tax Affairs that she is against the project that would allow the total withdrawal of the Mandatory Complementary Pension Scheme (ROP, for its acronym in Spanish), as this might unbalance the system. I am against the project. It seems to me […]
Rocío Aguilar: “We will have to work on a citizen-oriented budget”
On Wednesday morning, Minister of Finance Rocío Aguilar spoke before the legislators of the Committee on Taxation to present the draft budget of the Republic for 2020, which sees a reduction for the first time in ten years. The Treasury predicts that next year ¢10.5 billion will be needed, that is, 4.3% less than in […]
Airbnb: New regulations will have a negative impact
The company Airbnb expressed concern about the new rules contained in the bill to regulate non-traditional lodging and its intermediation through digital platforms, approved in the first reading by the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Through an official statement, Airbnb said the proposed regulations will affect this prosperous component of Costa Rica’s tourism economy, which creates […]
Deaths caused by guaro with methanol increase to 29
The authorities already account for 29 fatalities due to consumption of guaro with methanol, according to the press department of the Ministry of Health. According to Salud, after the investigation of deaths due to suspected methanol poisoning, three new deaths occurred in August for the same cause in Guanacaste, Heredia and San José. The last […]
Body found on beach near funeral home
The Costa Rican Red Cross reported the discovery of a man’s body of about 60 years old, near Piuta Beach in Limón. According to the first responders report, once they arrived at the site, the man no longer showed vital signs and was declared dead on the site. The case was left to the Judicial […]