Shipments through the EMS courier service, offered by the national post office grew by 17 percent during 2013. The agency attributes the increase to contracts for delivery of billing statements, judicial notices, passports and visas. The courier service is seen as necessary to continued operations as the use of conventional mail is in decline due […]
Archives for January 2014
San Jose and other municipalities with be dry for elections
A total of 13 municipalities have made an official statement that prohibition of alcohol sales will be applied on the day of elections, February 2nd. San Jose will go so far as to prohibit sales for there full days between the 1st and the 3rd. National elections in Costa Rica happen to correspond with the […]
Nearly 273,000 corporations likely to be dissolved for default in tax payment
January 31st is the deadline for payment of corporate taxes, and a total of 273,000 corporations have currently failed to pay for the year to date and last year. A total of 545,000 companies must pay the tax. According to a law enacted in April of 2012, those companies that fail to pay for three […]
Banks must notify their customers before closing an account
Financial institutions are required to notify client before starting a procedure to close bank accounts. Once notifed the bank has three days to close the account. In December, banks began a process of updating customer data. The procedure is required once every two years, in order to comply with the law designed to prevent narcotics […]
Three candidates offer plan to eliminate extreme poverty in 4 years
Johnny Araya with the National Liberation (PLN), Otto Guevara of the Libertarian Movement, and Luis Guillermo Solís of the Citizen Action (PAC), are confident that it is possible to eliminate extreme poverty in three years. Extreme poverty is defined as those who lack to resources to meet their basic nutrition needs. According to the National […]
Caricaco Music Fest promises musical variety in Nosara
A farm near the town of Nosara in Guanacaste will host the Caricaco Music Festival on Saturday March 15. The event is the fifth annual, and is being described as a suitable for the entire family. Bands will include Bullseye (who plays latin reggae), Seka (punk rock), Passiflora (the band describes its music as gypsy […]