By the second quarter of 2014, officials with the central bank hope to put into place a system where customers can send money using telephone numbers. The system would allow a person to send the funds from a bank account using a mobile app on a cell phone, ATM or Internet banking. Payments would be […]

Poor road infrastructure and an increasing costs are making the tourism industry in Costa Rica less competitive. In particular Costa Rica is viewed as expensive in comparison to Panama and Ecuador. Increasing costs also make Costa Rica less attractive as a retirement destination. According to Tatiana Cascante, executive director of the National Chamber of Tourism […]

Each of the 14,000 officers with the Fuerza Publica in Costa Rica are equipped with their own bullet proof vest, according to Security Minister Mario Zamora. Equipping each officer with a vest, boots and replacing revolvers with 9mm pistols became a priority in 2007. All officers in San Jose now have 9mm pistols and the […]

Fuerza Publica officer Juan Carlos Flores Mena, age 23 has been awarded the Cruz Escarlata for being wounded in the line of duty. Flores shot and killed an assailant in Montes de Oca who had robbed three pedestrians at gunpoint. Flores was shot once in an arm and twice in the leg. He reports that […]

Customers with an Apartado Postal must pay their 14,000 colones ($28) annual fee before January 31st. The surcharge for late payments is 50 percent, and boxes are canceled if not paid by the last day of February. Customers can make payment at any branch or online. Original Article in crhoy.com

Costa Rica has been rated number four among a list of nations for retirement, complied by International Living. The ranking is complied by quality of life, wealth, infrastructure, red tape and access to basic health care and services. The number one spot went to Panama for its infrastructure and reduction in paperwork for obtaining visas […]