WHILE some small business ownersand farmers worry they will be casualtiesof the pending Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States(CAFTA), government officials this...
THE future of the Permanent FiscalReform Plan became a little dimmer thisweek when some members of the CitizenAction Party (PAC) and the SocialChristian Unity...
THE minimum wage for employeesof private institutions will increase by7.3% starting July 1, the National Councilon Salaries decided this week.With the increase, the minimum...
THE Costa Rican Tourism Institute(ICT) Web site, www.visitcostarica.com,now offers English translations of lawsand regulations related to the touristindustry.Translated laws and regulations availableon the site...
A detective who claims he will return$500 million to hundreds of jilted investorswith the Villalobos Brothers high-interestloan operation may not have begun clearingthe money...
A bill to overhaul the country’s immigrationrules – including guidelines forobtaining residency and penalties foremploying or assisting illegal immigrants– will be reviewed for its...
PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco returnedto work Monday after a week of recuperationat home and in the hospital, where hewas treated for high blood pressure.At the...
A recently released report from theJapanese government revealed that at least120 Taiwanese vessels have conductedshark finning – the butchering of sharks’bodies to remove their...
THE Office of U.S. Foreign DisasterAssistance (OFDA) of the U.S. Agencyfor International Development (USAID)has donated $131,000 worth of specialprotective pants for forest firefighters toCosta...
WITH the goal of improving informationtechnologies in Costa Rica, the Scienceand Technology Ministry has announced itssecond national Web site contest.The best Web site with...
