Authorities of the Costa Rican Oil Refinery (RECOPE) defended wages and incentives it gives to its employees and they presented surveys and international parameters to support its positions. Sara Salazar, executive president, and Luis Carlos Solera, finance official of the entity, justified that the expenses for salaries are lower when compared to the industry’s companies […]

Although the CompraRed public procurement system officially operated until December 2016, the system will remain active for another year, since some administrative hiring processes, which were already initiated, are still in force. Fabián Quirós, head of the General Directorate of Administration of Goods and Administrative Contracting of the Ministry of Finance, explained the situation. CompraRed […]

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) aims to improve payment agreements with employers and delinquent self-employed workers and to do so, some changes were implemented. José Rojas López, acting director of the Collection Office of the CCSS, reported that the most significant changes include: -The decrease in interest rates for agreements and payment arrangements, […]

A legal reform aims to promote energy efficiency and the rational use of energy in the country. The proposal, which includes several changes to the Law on the Rational Use of Energy, was presented by legislators Marcela Guerrero and Franklin Corella. Some of the reforms are as follow: -Energy distributors’ obligation to establish rational use […]

For the first time, Tony Facio Hospital has a CT scanner and it is already working. With the new tomography service, authorities aim to offer quality, opportunity and precision of the diagnostic studies that are conducted in that hospital. According to information from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), with this device, up to […]

Sistemas Constructivos Panacor SA Company, which manufactures the Panel Building System, defended the materials used in the construction of social homes in Pococí, including the styrofoam. However, last Tuesday, legislator Gerardo Vargas Varela, from Frente Amplio, Criticized the use of such materials. The sandwich system, composed of two sheets of fiber cement with an expanded […]