The National System of Conservation Areas on April 30 published an updated list of entrance fees to the country’s protected areas. A decree authorizing new fees will take effect on Aug. 1.
At a press conference following his weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Luis Guillermo Solís said he would request a review of the methodology used for calculating fuel prices with the aim of lowering costs for consumers.
Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, or Sala IV, on Tuesday agreed to review the appointment of Melvin Jiménez Marín, a Lutheran bishop, as President Luis Guillermo Solís' presidency minister.
Leaders from public teachers' unions in Costa Rica on Tuesday accused the Education Ministry (MEP) of failing to live up to a promise to deliver back pay Monday night, as reported by The Tico Times yesterday. Teachers will continue striking.
U.S. food service distributor Sysco Corp. on Tuesday confirmed it has agreed to purchase 50 percent of Costa Rica’s Mayca Distribuidores S.A and three other affiliates at an undisclosed price.
Education Ministry officials on Monday announced that payment of a backlog of public teachers’ salaries mostly would be completed by 9 p.m. tonight, hopefully resolving a tense situation that led to an ongoing nationwide teachers' strike last week.
Per-liter prices of super and plus gasoline will increase this week by ₡17 and ₡29, respectively, following approval last Friday of a hike by the Public Services Regulatory Authority.
Ana Luisa Elizondo Salas, appointed by President Luis Guillermo Solís as vice minister of public works and transport, has declined the post, citing personal reasons, Transport Minister Carlos Segnini said on Monday.
Luis Guillermo Solís on Thursday asked all his Cabinet members to sign a code of ethics requiring their efforts in public office to be marked by morality, transparency and open access to information for the public and the media.
The organizing committee in charge of the inauguration of Costa Rican President-elect Luis Guillermo Solís said that six presidents – mostly from Central America – will attend official ceremonies in San José on Thursday, May 8.
