Seventy percent of Costa Rican companies plans to keep their payroll intact during the first three months of the year and 22% plans to increase it, according to estimates by the Institute of Economic Sciences Research at the University of Costa Rica. The pattern is stable. We are talking about permanent employees,” said Gabriela González, […]
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Beware! Criminals are using the skimming method to get your money
A group of clients from the National Bank suffered a silent crime: they lost funds from their saving accounts through the method known as “skimming” or data cloning. This scam mechanism consists of copying data and other information from the magnetic strip of a credit or debit card. Viviana White, a bank customer, was a […]
Minister Villalta apologized to the population
Minister of Public Works and Transport, Carlos Villalta, apologized to the population for the problems generated after the partial closure of the bridge over Virilla River. Villalta also asked for people’s patience, assuring that little by little things are going to improve in these 6 weeks. I ask a little more than a day and […]
What happened to the lagoons left by Hurricane Otto in Irazú?
After a month of becoming the main attraction of the Irazú Volcano National Park, the three lagoons and a small waterfall that formed as a result of Hurricane Otto have disappeared completely. The amount of rain recorded in 48 hours and the clay condition of the terrain facilitated the formation of the lagoons. But the […]
ACL: “magistrate Fernando Cruz should stop talking about Uber service and its operations in Costa Rica”
The Association of Free Consumers (ACL) filed a document before the Constitutional Court: it requested that judge Fernando Cruz stops giving his opinion on Uber service’s legality and the way it operates in Costa Rica. Rogelio Fernández, director of the ACL, explained that the Association considers that Cruz’s request to taxi driver Rubén Vargas, at […]
ARESEP requested to start an administrative process against Grettel López
The Governing Council received a request from the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) to start an ordinary administrative process against assistant regulator Grettel López. Minister of the Presidency Sergio Alfaro did not offer more details on the matter, assuring that a decision hadn’t been made and they would study the case in the following session. […]