The Deputy Agrarian Environmental Attorney and the Judicial Investigation Agency are carrying out a hijacking of the documents for the remodeling of the Gran Hotel Costa Rica, in the Center of Protection of the Historic Architectural Heritage. The procedure is due to an investigation for the apparent crime of damages to the heritage. {rau] It […]
Modelling agency recruited 26 girls for child pornography
With this announcement, a “modeling agency” recruited girls who dreamed of being models, but ended up being victims of rape and child pornography in Costa Rica. Authorities point out that this propaganda was stuck on light posts of vulnerable areas to attract new victims. According to the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), 26 Costa Rican victims […]
Reform of teachers’ pensions will hit the government
A reform to the pensions of the regime where educators are quoted could create more trouble for government’s finances, since it implies a growth of the expense in pensions from the public budget. This situation could widen the fiscal imbalance in the absence of modernization to current sales and income taxes. On Wednesday, the legislators […]
Accumulative inflation reached 0.92% in the first five months
Accumulative inflation for the period from January to May this year reached 0.92%, according to data provided by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) on Wednesday morning. Variations in the general level of prices are estimated by means of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which considers the changes in the prices of 12 […]
Stunning images of Poás volcano taken from above
The Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica of the National University (OVSICORI-UNA), together with the Center for Research in Anatomical, Nuclear and Molecular Sciences of the University of Costa Rica (CICANUM), make important efforts in the monitoring of volcanoes through the use of technologies. The video posted via Facebook page captured the eruption recorded […]
Progress in project for transsexual people to change their names
A bill that will allow transgenders and transexuals to change their name before the Civil Registry makes progress in the Legislative Assembly. The initiative, called the Law on Recognition of Rights to Gender Identity and Equality before the Law, was affirmatively ensured this morning by the Commission on Human Rights. The vote was unanimous. The […]