The new adjustments to minimum wages for the private and sector and for domestic servants came into force this month. As consequence, salaries should be a little higher. For those working in agriculture, livestock or fishing areas, tourism, services, trade transportation, among others, these are the minimum wages for a regular day: -Unskilled workers: 9,711.36 […]
Archives for July 6, 2016
PLN supports Christiana Figueres as U.N. Secretary-General
Rumors regarding Christiana Figueres’ nomination as Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) are increasing. The press release signed by members of Partido de Liberación Nacional (PLN) described Figueres’ outstanding contributions and huge experience at the multilateral level. Jorge Pattoni, PLN’s chairman; General Secretary, Fernando Zamora Castellanos and Ricardo Sancho Chavarria, International Affairs Secretary, are highlighting […]
Poas’ impressive eruption
Poas volcano in Alajuela recorded an impressive new eruption on Tuesday afternoon. According to Enrique Hernández, a specialist of the National Volcanology and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI), this is the type of phreatic eruption they have seen since early May. “The lake is the balance between water and gases when they receive pressure and heat from […]
Treasury seeks reforms after Panama Papers
In order to strengthen mechanisms for prevention, detection, control and reporting carried out by financial institutions and other regulated subjects, Deputy Minister of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Fernando Rodríguez, seeks to amend Article 34 of the 8024 Act. This would close loopholes that were evident with the global research known as “Papers of Panama” and […]
Fire consumed 8 houses in San Rafael de Alajuela
On July 5th, eight houses were consumed by the flames in San Rafael de Alajuela. According to the Fire Department, only material damages were reported, and there are no cases of people affected by the smoke or fire. The emergency was taken care of by three fire extinguishing units from Santa Ana, Belén and Alajuela, […]
Panamanians must be vaccinated against influenza
Costa Rican Ministry of Health arranged with the Panama health authorities that people coming from that country must be vaccinated against influenza virus. The southern nation has an influenza outbreak, which accounts for 42 deaths. Even though Daniel Salas, Health Surveillance chief, stated that it is very difficult that an influenza outbreak takes place twice […]