On Thursday, the Board of Directors of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) endorsed the proposal for a Technical Standard for the medical procedure linked to article 121 of the Criminal Code, the entity’s chief executive, Dr Roman Macaya Hayes. According to Macaya, the Board recommended to the Ministry of Health to assess some […]
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From Friday transit to Cartago will be regulated
The demarcation of the Florencio del Castillo highway, which connects San José with Cartago, will begin this Friday. Therefore, there will be regulated transit from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm for a week. The National Road Council (Conavi) will carry out the demarcation with solvent paint of the three sections intervened, so, users are called […]
Employment will increase in three of the seven provinces during the first months of 2020
Employers intend to increase their staff in three of the seven provinces, according to the most recent ManpowerGroup Employment Expectations survey. Even so, this increase will be moderate. These provinces are: Heredia, which reports the most optimistic data, San José and Cartago. Meanwhile, Alajuela, Puntarenas, Limón and Guanacaste report a negative expectation. Of the 620 […]
10 thousand people from Heredia will have no power this Thursday
About 10 thousand residents of the canton of San Rafael de Heredia will have no electricity service this Thursday, December 12th. The suspension of the service is due to work in the electricity network of the Public Services Company of Heredia (ESPH). The work will be done between 7am and 4pm. The affected places are […]
₡100-million debt in sales tax caused Wyndham’s closure
A debt for the non-compliance in the payment of the sales tax corresponding to several months of 2015 motivated the closing order against the Wyndham hotel, carried out this Wednesday. This was confirmed by the director of Taxation, Carlos Vargas, noting that it is a debt that amounts to more than ₡100 million. In 2015, […]
After 15 hours, Banco Nacional managed to restore its services
After almost 15 hours, the National Bank said it had successfully restored all services. The problems were in the technological platform that supports applications for the different systems, transactional channels, and one of their servers. The problem was perceived at about 8:00 pm on Tuesday and from that moment a team of technicians was devoted […]