Street art, a lively nightlife, and delicious cuisine characterize one of the busiest areas of the capital, barrio La California, or “La Cali”, as it is popularly known. This epicenter of entertainment draws in not only nationals who seek to have fun and eat delicious meals, but it’s also very popular with foreigners who want […]
Archives for August 2018
App for taxis developed by ARESEP is 80% complete
The mobile application for formal taxis is getting closer to completion in Costa Rica. This was announced by the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP), an entity that already has developed 80% of the app. It is expected that it calculates the rate for each route. Yesterday, ARESEP presented an advance of the technological device. This […]
Trial against the State for “giving away” tuna resource
On Wednesday morning began a trial that could further reveal the inability of the Costa Rican State to manage the fishing resource, which belongs to all Costa Rican people. The trial in the Contentious Administrative Court was initiated by legislator Jose Maria Villalta against the Government and the Costa Rican Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture […]
Gap in budget was noticed in 2017
In 2017, legislators of the National Liberation Party (PLN) who were also members of the Treasury Commission warned about the gap in the Government’s budget which is now a reality, following the announcement of the Ministry of Finance, where they talk about a shortfall of 900 billion colones. In the document, which was also signed […]
Treasury illegally used ₡ 48 billion
The Ministry of Finance has already illegally used 48 billion colones from the second extraordinary budget, because it still does not have the backing of the Legislative Assembly, confirmed Rocío Aguilar. Aguilar informed that these funds correspond to maturities and, therefore, chose to pay them instead of avoiding the collection and interest or debt. The […]
Government revokes project that takes away assets from drug traffickers
The Executive Power has revoked the project of extinction of domain whose objective is to take away illegal assets to drug trafficking and organized crime. According to Casa Presidencial, this agreement responds to the request of the legislators of the Commission that analyzes the strategy. The idea is presenting a new proposal that is being […]