The Chamber of Importers (CRECEX) and the Embassy of Israel are organizing a rapprochement between Israeli businessmen and Costa Ricans to increase the trade between the two countries, and Costa Rica is coordinating a mission to visit them in the first months of 2017. CRECEX highlights the opportunities for food products with high added value […]
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Legislator demands explanations from Vice Minister of MOPT regarding OAS case
The representative of Partido Renovación Costarricense, Gonzalo Ramírez, criticized the position of Vice Minister of Infrastructure of MOPT, Giselle Alfaro, expressing that canceling the concession for the project of the San José-San Ramón’s road is a mistake. The legislator sent a letter to the officer to demand an explanation and a detailed report of the […]
Indigenous culture inspired 100% Costa Rican videogame
Indigenous culture: its legends, beliefs and history were the breeding ground for a 100% Costa Rican videogame. “El camino de Useköl” (the path of Useköl) is the name of this brand creation from the cultural products company Juegos Ditsö, which works to publicize the richness of legends and beliefs of the peoples of Costa Rica […]
Investigation on questionable van intervention
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is investigating law enforcement officers who intervened a seemingly irregularly van with commercial goods in Hatillo. The complaint came at the hands of the Public Force during Tuesday morning. Juan José Andrade, director of the Public Force, ordered a disciplinary investigation. The man also ordered the patrol used by […]
INCOFER could offer an electronic payment system by the end of 2017
The electronic fare is considered essential to update the public transport services, because transfers can be done and even different transports such as buses and trains can join the initiative. For this reason the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (INCOFER) is studying the possibility of implementing an electronic payment system. Maybe our trains and stations are not suited […]
Alleged smuggler and 3 illegal inmigrants were arrested
On October 12th, Border Police officers arrested a smuggler and several undocumented people. The first case took place in Los Chiles in Alajuela, where police officers realized that several people were passing through a non-enabled place. When the officers intercepted them, in a sector known as cevichito, they found out that they were Nicaraguan citizens. […]