On Tuesday afternoon, Rocío Aguilar recommended legislators in the Committee on Finance Affairs to establish a review of the tax exemptions every five years as an obligation of the Ministry of Finance. Aguilar appealed to the legislators to refer to the draft law on the exemption regimes that are processed under file 19.531 and that, […]
Archives for June 13, 2018
They used Costa Rican companies to defraud $10 million in the United States
An American businessman is suspected of using companies domiciled in Costa Rica to commit a scam for nearly $10 million. Jared J. Davis was arrested on June 5th at the Cleveland, Ohio, international airport after being charged with 19 counts for apparently scamming numerous investors who would have trusted a business he promoted. According to […]
CCSS intensifies work against malaria in San Carlos
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) sent personnel from the Huetar Norte region in search of people with symptoms of malaria. After detecting the first three cases of malaria due to the parasite Plasmodium falciparum , the CCSS, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, intensified surveillance and control activities in the last three […]
40 legislators ask the government to freeze protocol against suicide
With 40 votes in favor and 12 against, the Legislative Assembly approved a motion to ask the Executive Branch to freeze the application of a protocol against suicide carried out by the Ministry of Public Education (MEP), at least until it is studied more thoroughly. The legislators who supported the motion were those of the […]
Public Force rescued neighbors affected by floods in Pococí
Officials of the Public Force rescued neighbors affected by floods caused by heavy rains, which affected the province of Limón on Tuesday afternoon. According to Nelson Barquero, regional deputy director of Fuerza Pública Región 12 Caribe, after receiving a flood warning in Los Cholos neighborhood in La Rita de Pococís, they went to the place […]
Former OIJ Chief Sentenced to Prison for Disclosure of Secret Information
The former head of the Drug Section of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) at the San Carlos headquarters was sentenced to five years in prison for the crime of disclosure of secret information. The man named Hidalgo was investigated for links with a woman who would be involved in drug trafficking in the North Zone. […]