On Thursday, the Municipality of San José enabled transit through the bridge over the María Aguilar River, in the well-known sector of “Los Moteles” in Zapote. The transit through the busy area was closed since September because the structure collapsed under the rains from storm Nate. The municipality celebrated the opening of the bailey-type bridge, […]
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Payment of interests represents 56% of the fiscal deficit
Interests continue to rise, becoming the main item that presses the fiscal deficit, since it represents 55.6% of the total. Last November, this item reached 2.8% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), equivalent to ¢ 919 billion. The situation directly affects the fiscal deficit, which went from 4.7% in November 2016 to 5% in November […]
Scams increase during Christmas
The Attorney General of the Republic warns the population that during this period there is an increase in frauds and scams. The payment of the bonus, the vacation periods, and sales linked to the World Cup cause a greater movement of purchases and many take advantage to commit a crime. The mechanisms used by fraudsters […]
Legislator sent sexual content to institutional chat
Congresswoman Ligia Fallas, from Frente Amplio, denounced that legislator Juan Luis Jiménez Succar, from the National Liberation Party (PLN), sent images with sexual content to an institutional chat of the Legislative Assembly. The legislator filed the complaint on December 13th with Karla Granados, director of the Public Relations, Press and Protocol Department of Congress. According […]
These are the pieces found after searching former legislator’s home
The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) and the Public Prosecutor’s Office conducted a search on former liberationist legislator Víctor Hugo Víquez’s house on Thursday, given his relation with the cementazo scandal. Víquez and also former legislator Walter Céspedes are being investigated for the alleged crime of influence peddling. Apparently, they would have intervened so that the […]
House arrest denied for organ traffickers
On Wednesday, the Criminal Court of San José rejected the request to grant house arrest instead of prison for doctor Francisco Mora Palma and the Greek trader Dimóstenes Katsigiannis Karkas, accused in the case of organ trafficking. According to the press office of the Court, the judges maintained the measure of eight months of preventive […]