According to Édgar Robles, former superintendent of Pensions, the intention of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) of using the mandatory supplementary pensions of workers to capitalize the Disability, Old Age and Death Regime (IVM) is equivalent to having someone stealing your wallet: It is private money and to take it is similar to […]
Archives for January 17, 2017
Beware! San José criminals are looking for new victims!
Criminals from San José plan to move to Palmares, or other places where there are popular festivities, to steal people’s belongings such as cellphones, wallets or money. In the case of Palmares festivities, the most popular of the country, the Public Force, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) and the Public Prosecutor’s Office allowed to anticipate […]
New project seeks greater punishments for tax evaders
Legislator Marco Vinicio Redondo Quirós, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), introduced a bill to expand the possibilities to punish tax evaders. This is an amendment to the Code of Tax Rules and Procedures that reduces the minimum amount to punish tax evasion, from 500 base salaries to only 200. Redondo explained that the change […]
Gato Cole sentenced to 14 years in prison
On Monday, the Criminal Court of Limón sentenced Limón Keylor Jacob Cole Kelly, also known as Gato Cole, to 14 years in prison for crimes of attempted murder. Cole, 25, faced several trials. First, he was accused for allegedly attempting to kill with another person, a couple of brothers in the neighborhood Los Cangrejos on […]
Quepos Hospital now has dermatology service
Parrita and Aguirre are two of the cantons where more people have skin problems. Therefore, the Max Teran Vals Hospital, in Quepos, opened the Dermatology Service on Monday. Robert Vega, director of the hospital, said that the incorporation of this specialty is vital to solve 100% of the conditions in the local population. Vega said […]
Nicaragua sets up new military camp in Costa Rican territory
A new Nicaraguan military camp was found in a sand bar that separates Los Portillos Lagoon, or Harbor Head Lagoon from the Costa Rican territory. That’s why the country filed a request to set the amount for environmental damage to Portillo Island and a new case for the establishment of a military camp to the […]