Partido Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC) proposed to reduce the tax that is intended to be charged to inactive corporations. The legislators proposed, through an amendment to the bill, that the annual rate were reduced from ¢ 63,600, as was included in the initiative, to ¢ 42,420. According to Gerardo Vargas Rojas, leader of the red-blue […]
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The Civil Registry is fighting fictitious, arranged or non-existent marriages
Arthur Budovsky, an Ukrainian condemned in the United States by a gigantic money-laundering network based in Costa Rica, obtained his nationality after marrying a woman of limited resources in exchange for an apparent payment . That, classified by the Civil Registry as a fictitious marriage, was later annulled due to Budovsky’s detention in Spain in […]
Beware! Abusing testosterone supplements can dangerously affect your health!
It is easy to abuse them but their risks are very high for health. Because of this, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an alert on the consumption of testosterone supplements and anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS). According to the FDA, these could lead to heart attacks, changes in personality and sterility, among other risks that […]
La Mackavela: a company where you can learn how to prepare craft beer
Are you a craft-beer lover? So are Alexander and Sandy. They are teachers in a very different school. 3 years ago, they learned to prepare craft beer for their own consumption, but their friends and relatives loved it so much that they decided to start their own business: La Mackavela, a craft-beer company. However, they […]
Do you want to save some money from the electricity bill this Christmas? Follow these tips
If you want to save a few colones in electricity bills this Christmas, you just need to follow a few instructions. December is a great month to use your imagination and creativity and, of course, you cannot miss Christmas lights. It is also the perfect time to receive a lot of people in your house. […]
The Innovative Food Fair offers you the healthiest, most original food
A frozen yogurt that will serve as a healthy snack, fruit turned into a healthy, carbonated drink, biscuits and noodles made from vegetables and high-protein pastas are some innovator, healthy food. These products were created by students of the last year of Food Engineering at the University of Costa Rica (UCR). It is part of […]