THREE companies that importceramic floor tiling from Spain havebeen accused of committing tax fraud inCosta Rica to the tune of $40 million bychanging the...
COSTA Rica’s petroleum costsreached $659 million last Nov. 15, anamount almost double last year’s costs.According to the Central Bank, the rise isa consequence of...
VIENNA – The Secretariat of theOrganization of Petroleum ExportingCountries (OPEC) announced Mondaythat the price of crude oil fell $0.07 lastweek to an average of...
TODAY through Sunday at INBio-Parque in Santo Domingo de Heredia,northwest of San José, community andcooperative tourist services will be on displayat the Third Rural...
ADDED SECURITY for shoppers: One hundred members of theSan José Municipal Police will help 1,600 officers of the nationalpolice force beef up security on...
PUBLIC Education Minister ManuelAntonio Bolaños last Saturday visitedQuepos and Parrita, on the central Pacificcoast, to give authorities there a first paymentto initiate the reconstruction...
THE daily newspapers La Nación andAl Día have both named Chief ProsecutorFrancisco Dall’Anese “Newsmaker of theYear.”Both publications cited Dall’Anese’shand in investigating the cases of...
OMBUDSMAN José Manuel Echandilast week announced the creation of anonline Transparency Network that willallow the public to access informationabout the accounts and expenditures ofpublic...
THE Costa Rican government willassume control of Juan SantamaríaInternational Airport starting Jan. 15,2005, if an agreement is not reached bythen between government officials andairport...
TOURISTS departing Costa Rica byair can pay their departure tax in advanceand avoid long lines at the airports.Travelers leaving Juan SantamaríaInternational Airport northwest of...
