The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) warns that some pet stores and animal rescue centers in San José participate in illegal trafficking. Some of the species being traded are tarantulas, iguanas, snakes and turtles. According to Carlos Madriz, chief of prevention, protection and species control at SINAC, rescue centers and stores had documentation of […]

A dog was shot while trying to defend his owner while his store was being robbed, and it couldn’t be saved of its wounds. On the assault, the dog’s owner was injured too. The man went to seek medical attention and couldn’t find anyone to take his dog to the vet, according the owner. Since […]

San Jose cyclists are mostly men, ages 26 to 35 years old, who own a car or a motorcycle but prefer to ride a bicycle. This is the profile of cyclists in San José, according to a poll made by the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT for its acronym in Spanish). The study will be […]

The financial deficit of the Government amounted ¢495.000 million, which represents 1.6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GPD) In the first quarter of 2016 the fiscal deficit diminished 1.9 percent of GDP in comparison with the same period last year. According to data published last night by the Finance Ministry, in the first four […]

The legislative bloc of Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC) and the government signed an agreement to approve a bill that would strenghthen the fight against fiscal fraud, which currently is being discussed in the Financial Affairs Commission. The agreement was sealed after several meetings between the social-Christian representatives with officers from the Finance Ministry, Presidency Ministry […]

The delay to complete a construction, makes the Judicial Power to spend ¢325 million more to update the construction plans. This money adds to the ¢222 millones already paid to make the blueprints in 1999. The design consists in three buildings of 114,829.4 square feet, which would rise at a plot in Hatillo 1. The […]