By Katherine Stanley
Tico Times Staff
With many glumly predicting dismal voter turnout during the Dec. 3 municipal elections, analysts and electoral officials gathered yesterday at the Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE) in San José to discuss ways to improve not only the voting process, but also municipal governments as a whole.
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Students from the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica in Cartago will be displaying their creative ideas Thursday in the X Feria de Ideas de Negocios.
The event will be in the Biblioteca José Figueres Ferrer of the institute, one of four public universities in Costa Rica. Some of the ideas put […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The new system of exchanging money went into effect Tuesday, and those who didn’t know what the buy and sell rates meant, still didn’t.
The Banco Central has let the colon float within limits, but its one thing to shop around for a good price for a new car. Doing the […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Investigators said they arrested 15 persons who used their government positions to award land to themselves, close relatives or accomplices.
The arrests came during dawn raids in Orotina, Paquera, Cóbano and Parrita.
The 14 men and one woman were employees of the Instituto de Desarrollo Agrario between 1993 and 1999 when the […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
There is no justification for the general strike that anti-free trade forces have planned for Monday and Tuesday, the Arias government said Wednesday.
In fact, the proposed general strike will cause great damage to the country, said Rodrigo Arias, the minister of the Presidencia. “It is disloyal to Costa Rica. To […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Osvaldo Alpízar, the director general of the Fuerza Pública, has agreed to a suspension without pay while allegations of harassment are studied.
In his place, the security minister, Fernando Berrocal has appointed Oldemar Madrigal Medal, the head of the Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea and the airport police.
The minister said that Alpízar […]
By Dennis Rogers
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
The municipality of Puntarenas has reached an agreement to allow the company Environmental Power Costa Rica to set up a waste-to-energy power plant. The agreement has been approved by the Contraloría de la República after three years of consideration.
According to the agreement, the 150 tons of municipal solid waste […]
