On Monday, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) adopted the Global Compact on Refugees without the votes of the United States and Hungary. The text on the management of refugees received 181 votes in favor, two against and three abstentions. Just likethe Global Compact on Migration, this one is not binding. Both texts […]
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Scammers are posing as CRHoy journalists to get personal information
A group of people who pose as CRHoy journalists are requesting information on behalf of this newspaper. Through an email called “investigacioncrhoy@gmail.com” they claim to be part of the journalistic team and ask for sensitive information to different people, including criminal record data. CRHoy stated that all journalists have an email address that bears their […]
More than 300 cantonal bridges are in poor shape
A group of experts inspected 600 bridges in different cantons and determined that 57% (342) of them have at least one element qualified as serious damage. The Municipal Management Unit, of the Materials and Structural Models Laboratory of the University of Costa Rica (LanammeUCR), visited 49 cantons between 2010-2018 with the aim of creating an […]
Comptroller’s Report: Tax evasion increased
The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic indicated that evasion of the General Sales Tax (IGV), now called Value Added Tax, increased by at least 2% in the period of 2012-2016, according to the study “Efficiencies of the actions implemented by the Ministry of Finance against tax evasion in the general sales tax” […]
City Council created Inter-institutional commission to assess illegal rentals in the South Caribbean
The Chamber of Tourism and Commerce of the South Caribbean went to the Municipal Council of Talamanca with its concern for the illegal house rentals through platforms such as Airbnb. This group, with the support of the Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, the Ministry of Health, the Public Force and the Tourist Police, managed to […]
Balean Canadian tourist in assault on Ballena Bay
Crime hits foreign tourism once again. This time, the victim was a Canadian man. The events occurred at 7:55 pm on Sunday at the Ballena Bay of Uvita, in Osa de Puntarenas. According to police sources, the foreigner named Aaegaard was approached by two subjects who shot him in the right ankle to steal documents, […]