The authorities are still working on actions to rehabilitate Manuel Antonio National Park (PNMA). On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health suspended the restrictive access to Playa 3, an area that was closed last week due to the wastewater and solid waste management problems. But the health services of that sector continue to be disabled .The […]
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No agreement between taxi drivers and Uber
What should have been an official communication of the government’s position regarding Uber’s situation became, once again, a discussion and a work table. The meeting with the representatives of the taxi drivers, the Minister of Transport and the director of Transit lasted more than three hours, but transporters used a break to communicate to their […]
The authorities have a plan to face “El Niño” phenomenon
The emergency authorities established guaranteeing water for both human and animal consumption as a priority in the face of the impact of El Niño, during a meeting of the National Commission for Risk Prevention and Emergency Response (CNE). The water deficit has implications for different sectors that must be served. One of them is the […]
Legislators approve substitute text for tax reform
With five votes in favor and four against, the legislators of the Special Commission of Fiscal Reform received the substitute text presented by the government of for the bill of strengthening of public finances, or fiscal reform. Before reaching that point, the legislators studied 873 motions during two sessions. Now the bill will go through […]
Earthquake shook the Central Valley
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake occurred northeast of Santa María de Dota in San José, at 5:52 on Tuesday afternoon. According to the OVSICORI-UNA the tremor had a depth of 5 km. The sectors near the epicenter were: South of Tejar, El Guarco, Cartago, and Southwest of Paraíso, in Cartago. crhoy.com
Budget for 2019 would increase 10%
The regular budget for 2019 would imply a minimum increase of around 10% compared to this year’s, warned Rocío Aguilar, Minister of Finance. The hierarch explained that the increase is due to the gap in the 2018 budget, which is now being covered with extraordinary budgets. Given that during 2018 about ₡ 800 billion in […]