por richard | Dic 28, 2015 | Sin categoría
Government External Bonds under pressure to increase their interest rates mostly due to the disparity between income and expenditure of government entities.
por richard | Dic 28, 2015 | Sin categoría
Former Finance Ministers and Central Bank Presidents agree that no new taxes would be approved without putting a cap to Government spending.
por richard | Dic 28, 2015 | Sin categoría
Citizens Defenders Director’s Office recommended the Costa Rican National Electrical Company (ICE) consult the indigenous population on the building of the Hydroelectric Plant which they are planning to construct, as 726 hectares of land covering the project affect their lands. Twenty years on they have been informed that after $129 million of costs and the project running late, they are only just going to prepare a consultation process in the first trimester of the coming...
por richard | Dic 28, 2015 | Sin categoría
After 20 years, the regulating authorities are to change the method by which bus fares are to be calculated. This change shall be discussed next Monday in a public audience.
por richard | Dic 9, 2015 | Sin categoría
The Ministry of Education announces that 75 of the poorest districts in the country, school kitchens will be maintained open for children during the up and coming summer holiday, this decision will help over 54.000 families struggling in poverty.
por richard | Dic 9, 2015 | Sin categoría
Automotive pollutants cost Health Care and Productivity US$65.7 million. Badly maintained vehicles and the lack of infrastructure are the main culprits. Ministry of Transport and Public Works look how to penalize vehicles giving out the most pollution. Ironically, vehicles are tested once or twice a year, depending on their activities, for their roadworthiness. The growth of the number of vehicles, outpace those of new...