The Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce (CCCR) believees the measures adopted by the Central Bank of Costa Rica with respect to the Legal Minimum Allowance (LME) in order to guarantee a boost in credit and a decrease of interest rates in the short term is insufficient, and therefore, its impact on the reactivation of the […]
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Treasury corrects transitory VAT regulation
The Ministry of Finance made a correction to a transition to the regulation of value added tax (VAT). This is a correction to the executive decree signed by the President and the Minister of Finance on Transitory VII of Executive Decree No. 41779-H. In it, the following was erroneously recorded: In the case of subcontractors, […]
Legislators approve model for public-private partnerships
On Tuesday afternoon, the legislators gave a second reading to file 20.929 that reforms the General Law of Concessions for the Strengthening of Efficient Models between the Public and Private Sector for the Development of Public Works. The Law then became the initiative that opens a space for the asset optimization model and creates a […]
Coastguard saves tourists who was dragged by a current
Isaac Rivera, Coast Guard of Caldera, Puntarenas, in charge of the boat SNG 32-3, managed to save the life of an American tourist, identified as Kyra Bryan, 20 years old, who was swimming in Jacó Beach last Saturday afternoon, according to the press department of the Ministry of Public Security. According to the authorities, the […]
ICE must deliver information on broadband to legislator
The Constitutional Chamber agreed with the Christian Socialist legislator Pedro Muñoz, on a complaint he established against ICE, as the legislator asked on May 13th the status of progress of the project that will allow early connectivity with Broadband in different areas of the province of Guanacaste. To date, ICE has not responded to Muñoz. […]
La Luz del Mundo in Costa Rica defends its leader
We categorically reject all charges against him.” With this words, the representatives of the church La Luz del Mundo in Costa Rica defended their leader, Naasón Joaquín García. He was arrested in California, accused of sexual abuse against minors, human trafficking, among other crimes. The representatives of this Christian group in Costa Rica reiterate the […]