The government issued a new decree to regulate the new delimitations on public employment and remunerations, which were approved in the Law on Strengthening Public Finances (Law 9635). The regulation, published this Monday in the official newspaper La Gaceta, defines the rules for the interpretation and application of the law in everything related to the […]
Archives for February 19, 2019
American investigated for fraud in the US hid in Costa Rica
A 42-year-old American wanted by the United States justice system for an alleged millionaire fraud of nearly $36 million, sought Costa Rica as his destination to flee from the authorities. However, he did not achieve his goal. Paul McDaniel, who called himself Edward Martin Karuku and resided in Orange County (California), committed the crimes and […]
Two opposition leaders in Nicaragua were sentenced to more than 200 years in prison
On Monday, Nicaraguan justice imposed sentences of more than 200 years in prison on opposition leaders Medardo Mairena and Pedro Mena for participating in the violent protests against the government of Daniel Ortega last years. Mairena was sentenced to 216 years in prison for “terrorism” and six other crimes attributed by the Prosecutor to his […]
MINAE asks suspension of regulation on pesticides
A report from the Ministry of Environment sent to the Constitutional Chamber requests the suspension of Executive Decree 39995 on the registration of pesticides in the country. The institution believes this regulation “violates the precautionary principle” by exposing the population and the environment to pesticides that lack ecotoxitological studies. The introduction of pesticides to Costa […]
Authorities seize 202 kilos of cocaine in a banana container
This Sunday, Drug Control Police (PCD) officers found 202 kilos of cocaine inside an organic banana container in Puerto Caldera, Puntarenas, according to the press office of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP). It wasn’t until Monday morning that the packages were counted. The drug came from Ecuador and it was headed to Guatemala. The […]
Another machete attack on a dog
A dog was mercilessly attacked with a machete in several parts and then left to die in the old Cementerio de Leprosos in Tirrases de Curridabat. The Press Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) reported that the animal was rescued by officers of the Public Force that passed through the place. The dog […]