The Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) explained how the Police Information Platform (PIP) works. This week, judge of the Third Chamber Celso Gamboa reported that he had being spied on without any reason. It is also important to highlight Keylor Navas’ case, who was consulted on many occasions during 2014 by judicial officials. The system has […]
According to experts, GDP will be around 4.1% in 2017
According to the Central Bank, the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) will be close to 4.1% in 2017. Olivier Castro, president of the organization, was in charge of presenting the Macroeconomic Program 2017-2018. According to him, such a growth would be mainly driven by domestic demand. As informed by the monetary authority, inflation would […]
Costa Rican expert is in Antarctica!
The Costa Rican flag has been waving for two months in Antarctica. Marino Protti, seismologist at the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica, from the National University (OVSICORI-UNA), has participated for 2 months in a camp with renowned scientists from around the world. The expert has had to survive 24-hour flights. In addition, a […]
The bill on corporation tax will be read next year
Legislators are on vacation for more than two weeks, but they weren’t able to vote on the bill that aims to renovate the tax on corporations. Although a special meeting was convened on December 22nd to vote the initiative in first reading, the discussion regarding the fund was longer than expected. During the discussion of […]
Police officers have been seizing fireworks
As part of preventive actions executed by the security forces in 2016, police officers have seized 218,539 firework units. This are packages or units of fireworks that are not allowed to be sold or that entered the country illegally. According to data from the Statistics and Analysis Section (SAE) of the security forces, most of […]
New clues about politician Claudio Sisniega’s homicide
A mall security video shows Claudio Sisniega Fernández’ last moments. He is a Guatemalan politician who was killed on May 3rd, 2016 in Moravia. Along with Sisniega, Guatemalan Herbert Castellanos Rodas (41) also died: he appeared in a video released by the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ). The images show Sisniega and Castellanos gathered with 2 […]