The cost containment policies promoted by the Carlos Alvarado government will not affect the National Council of Concessions (CNC). This council of the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) will not have limitations to hire personnel and pay competitive salaries to the new officials like the rest of the institutions. The president instructed the […]
Archives for May 2018
Government City proposal will be studied again
In February 2016, President Luis Guillermo Solís signed a decree to declare the Government City Project as a national interest, with the aim of building a “modern and innovative building complex” for public institutions, and thus lower the amount of State rents. According to that decree the area would cover more than 14,000 m² distributed […]
World Bank described the cuts announced by the Treasury as positive
The World Bank, one of the main creditors of the country, described as “positive” the measures of containment of public spending announced on Wednesday by the Minister of Finance, Rocío Aguilar. The level of the deficit between 2010 and 2016 was on average 5.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP); and in 2017 it reached […]
Be patient, road works in Heredia will continue until November
If your daily activities take you to Heredia often, be patient because the road works in three of the main routes of this province will last until November. The works in the sections between Neón Nieto, Santo Domingo, and La Puebla, are part of the 28 points that the president ordered to intervene in his […]
New government hasn’t solved issue of BCR board of directors
The new authorities of the government of President Carlos Alvarado still haven’t made a final decision on the board of directors of the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR), which keeps this institution with two people appointed for the same position in three different cases. Shirley González Mora was appointed during the suspension of Paola Mora; […]
Gas station owner: presumed band leader who stole millions in fuel
A businessman named Jiménez Guzmán is the alleged leader of a gang that extracts fuel from the refinery of the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (RECOPE), whose economic losses amount to $2 to $3 million. Jiménez was arrested on Thursday at his home in Mercedes Norte de Puriscal. According to the investigation conducted by the Public […]