Costa Rica finished its participation in the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) with a prize: the country received the Best International Adventure Travel Award, given by Oxígeno Magazine. Oxígeno has 23,000 readers per month, more than 50,000 monthly visits to its website, 28,000 fans on Facebook and 6,000 followers on twitter. Minister of Tourism Mauricio Ventura […]
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Residents of Cartago will protest against highway conditions
Tired of the abandonment conditions of the Florencio del Castillo highway and roads in the center of the province, people from Cartago will now protest against the government on Thursday. Legislator Mario Redondo, from the Christian Democratic Alliance, confirmed that the demonstration will take place that day and that it will be on the road […]
The OIJ: “that is not the person we are looking for”
Through its press office, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) ruled out that the photos that are circulating in social networks correspond to the suspect of committing Liberia massacre. According to Marco Monge, an official of the organization, experts said that the person has some similar features with the spoken portrait that officially distributed the OIJ, […]
“Toca nalgas” was caught in Puriscal
A man of at least 45 years old was arrested on Saturday night for alleged sexual abuse against a minor of about 15 years old in the canton of Turrubares in San José, according to the local police. According to reports of several witnesses, the man, named Artavia, would have touched the girl without her […]
IBAN format was successfully installed
The Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) reported that it successfully completed the modifications to the computer platforms of the National Electronic Payment System (SINPE) and related financial institutions to migrate from the current format of bank accounts to the IBAN system (International Bank Account Number), which was scheduled, along with the National Financial Sector, […]
Bloomberg published the Interbank Reference Rate
International, financial and transactional information platform Bloomberg started publishing the Interbank Reference Rate (TRI), an index created in March 2016 by the Chamber of Banks and Financial Institutions of Costa Rica. The indicator aims to be a reference for the establishment of interest rates for credit operations in colones and dollars. This index meets the […]