If the bill on public limited company in common law jurisdictions tax is passed in a second reading, the collection will be partial. This was explained by Helio Fallas, Minister of Finance, and Carlos Vargas, Director of Taxation. Officials explained that if the Constitutional Chamber and legislators passed the bill, the tax could only be […]
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Route 27 will be expanded!
Driving on route 27 means an almost guaranteed traffic jam at any time of the day . However, the National Concessions Council (CNC) has already realized it and conducted a study where it was determined that the road is saturated by 70%. The result of the study obliges the concessionaire to expand the route. The […]
Former president Rodríguez: “the CCSS goal is nonsense”
Former president Miguel Ángel Rodríguez rejected the CCSS intention of transferring resources from the complementary pensions to the Disability, Old Age and Death Pension Fund (IVM). Rodríguez, who enacted the Worker’s Protection Law during his government, thinks the initiative is nonsense and an attempt to steal from workers. According to him, the Comandatory Fund for […]
Gangs use children as distractors to steal in the capital
As if they were bait for fishing, criminal groups operating in the capital use minors as distractors to commit thefts or robberies in crowded places. Each month, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) handles an average of around 390 complaints for theft. But in December last year the figure increased by almost 100 cases. The most […]
Frente Amplio is against the logging of 95 trees at the UCR
Legislators from Frente Amplio will take legal proceedings to support a writ of amparo filed by a citizen who is against the deforastation in Finca 3, at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), to build a new building for the Odontology School. Legislators want university authorities to consider building the new facility at Finca 1 […]
Suspect of murdering Asian trader turned himself to the police
Acosta Méndez, suspect of killing an Asian trader, had an 8-year sentence for drug crimes, but he was free until January 18th, when he turned himself in to Guadalupe Courts. According to Walter Mendoza, director of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), he was not the only one who committed the crime, but he was the […]