To celebrate and promote the rights, values and traditions of the Afro-descendant community, the Limón Roots Awards ceremony will take place once again. The event will be held on Tuesday August, 16th at 7 p.m. at the National Theatre, and President Luis Guillermo Solís will be the special guest. What we do is reward people, […]
Archives for August 16, 2016
Despite delays, Solís is committed to the OECD
President Luis Guillermo Solís said that despite the delayed response they’ve had to some requests from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), he hopes to have the recommendations from the 22 committees ready before his term ends, so that the country is able to join the group. This process is the biggest reform […]
Bill to fight tax fraud hasn’t been passed
The slow, legislative process to pass the bill to fight against tax fraud has prevented the country from fully complying with the recommendations made by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The government should submit a report with the corrections before August 31st. Nevertheless, the Treasury informed that tax controls have been strengthened […]
A new demonstration for animal welfare
In a new attempt to reach a referendum to demand for harsher penalties for animal abuse, activists scheduled a new public demonstration for next August 21st. This was confirmed by Asociación para Bienestar y Amparo Animal (ABBA), which is the responsible for collecting the necessary signatures to promote the referendum to the Tribunal Supremo de […]
Shackelford: “we need to create control policies to help poor people”
National authorities detected organized crime groups that use 7-year-old children to commit crimes. As consequence, resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Alice Shackelford recommended that the country should create control policies in order to prevent people who have lifted out of poverty from falling back into that condition. According to the analyst, […]
FTA with South Korea is making good progress, according to exporters
According to the Chamber of Exporters of Costa Rica (CADEXCO), the fifth round of negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement between Central America and South Korea, which was held this week in Seoul, made satisfactory progress. During the fifth round, chapters of rules of origin, intellectual property, telecommunications, and trade in services, investment, financial services […]