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A man earned his living by exchanging fake dollars

March 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) detained a man who earned his living by exchanging fake dollars. On average, from June 2016 to date, he exchanged around $ 500 a week. The suspect, surnamed Sanabria, operated in the center of the country and bought different items with $ 20 and $ 50 bills. According to Joselyne […]

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Brutal attack against a dog

March 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Shocking images of a brutal aggression against a dog in Ticabán de Limón generated great commotion in social networks. A man supposedly attacked the animal and it had to be sacrificed. The animal had three cuts that affected its neck, its spine and its thorax. Despite the efforts of the community to save it, nothing […]

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La Casa del Cuño will host the first edition of the Expo Bici!

March 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

La Casa del Cuño will host the first edition of the Expo Bici. This is an different option so that inhabitants of the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) know everything related to urban cycling. This activity is new in Costa Rica but it has already been carried out in countries such as Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina […]

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Some companies requested more time to join the electronic-invoice system

March 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The Ministry of Finance started using the electronic invoice with a group of five large companies, an amount that will gradually increase. Some companies located in this category have requested a time extension to join the system. Alejandro Montalvo, of the GS1 Electronic Billing Committee, confirmed that this request was made to the authorities because […]

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Legislators want to reach an agreement on the definition of “animal”

March 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Legislators are negotiating an agreement to eliminate the last obstacle to the bill that will punish animal abuse with imprisonment. By doing so, they will be able to start the second reading. The controversy is related to the definition of “animal” in the new law. The Constitutional Chamber concluded that the concept included in the […]

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The sexual harassment investigation against an ICE official is now a controversial case

March 23, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The investigation against an official of the Presidential House for alleged sexual harassment is now a controversial case, because of the time it took the Vice Minister of the Presidency to report the it. Apparently, Ana Gabriel Zuñiga was aware of the situation since December 2015, but the investigation started in February 2016, as stated […]

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