WHEN the Health Ministry announcedearlier this year a decree to prevent theabuse and neglect of pets, some quippedthat dogs and cats had more rights...
and food costs, Costa Rica registered6.26% inflation during the first sixmonths of the year, the NationalStatistics and Census Institute (INEC)reported on Monday.Inflation registered at...
THE Superintendence of FinancialEntities (SUGEF) last week froze theapproximately $80 million in assets ofprivate bank Banco Elca last week afterdiscovering it was “conducting bankingpractices...
DEMANDING raises to meet the rateof inflation, high school teachers are planninga work stoppage after they get backfrom mid-term vacation later this month,the Association...
THE Osa Tourism Chamber will holdits annual EXPO-OSA tourism exchangeThursday at the Hotel Radisson in downtownSan José to promote the country’ssouthern Pacific region.The chamber’s...
JUDICIAL Investigative Police (OIJ)officials are investigating a bomb threatreceived by the San José office of theinternational children’s rights organizationCasa Alianza last weekend.Casa Alianza has...
A bill to overhaul Costa Rica’s immigrationlaws received 221 motions forchange while on the floor of the LegislativeAssembly last month. Approximately90% of the motions...
EDUCATORS in Central America arehoping to raise the level of higher educationto internationally competitive standardsthrough the implementation of aregion-wide accreditation program.In the making for...
NO official word has been given onhow many votes the Central AmericanFree-Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with theUnited States needs to be approved byCosta Rica’s Legislative...
THE Federated Association ofEngineers and Architects (CFIA) hasjoined several government institutions toform a special commission to find ways toreduce damage caused by the floods...
