ALTHOUGH legislators from theNational Liberation Party (PLN) andSocial Christian Unity Party (PUSC)attempted to apply a new fast-track procedureto the Permanent Fiscal ReformPackage this week,...
THE Public Services RegulatoryAuthority (ARESEP) this weekannounced a 5.9% reduction in gas pricesand a 6.2% reduction for diesel.The prices take effect today, accordingto a...
PERU-BASED Ajegroup and U.S.-based Bridgestone Firestone and Coca-Cola are among the multinational firmsthat have announced plans to expand theirCosta Rican operations in recent weeks.Tire-producer...
TEGUCIGALPA (ACAN-EFE) – TheCentral American Economic IntegrationBank (BCIE) last week projected 3.2%economic growth for Central America thisyear, citing international economic trendsas the causes for...
WHAT’S 38 years old, four countrieswide, and comes in more than 30 flavors?For any Costa Rican, it’s a no-brainer:POPS, the premium ice cream companythat,...
AUTHORITIES are investigating lastweek’s drowning of U.S. tourists DavidMarvin Mahnke, 63, and Carole JoyceMahnke, 61, near the mouth of the SavegreRiver, 15 miles from...
FRESH fruits and vegetables weresold outside the Legislative Assembly indowntown San José Thursday in honor ofNational Day of the Farmer.The feria del agricultor celebrated...
A decision by the ComptrollerGeneral to allow the firm Riteve SyC tocontinue with its controversial contract toperform mandatory vehicle technicalinspections in Costa Rica has...
PANAMA (ACAN-EFE) – Panamaand Costa Rica have re-launched theirjoint efforts aimed at the protection of LaAmistad International Friendship Park, animportant biological reserve shared byboth...
THREE investigative journalists fromthe daily La Nación were lauded on bothsides of the Atlantic this week for theirwork in uncovering corruption scandalslast year that...
