The verdict is in for the case of bank robbery and massacre in March 2004 that devastated the north-central mountain community of Monteverde and shocked the nation. A court in the Pacific port city of Puntarenas yesterday sentenced Erlyn Hurtado to 210 years in prison for crimes including first-degree murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping, according […]
By Leland Baxter-Neal Tico Times Staff
Eugenio Millot — the former boss of assassinated Costa Rican journalist Ivannia Mora and principal suspect in her death — saw charges against him and five codefendants dropped Monday by the Second Circuit Court in San José. The three presiding judges […]
The only fugitive still at large from a group of eight convicts who escaped from La Reforma prison Oct. 9 was arrested Friday in Dominical, on the southern Pacific coast, according to a statement from the Public Security Ministry.
Rafael Angel Herrera, known as “Rafa Loco,” 54, was riding a motorcycle through Dominical searching for a […]
18/11/6
Linda’s home. We have started to feel like this is our home. Raz and I have been here a year, as of the 16th. Yesterday afternoon we had a party to celebrate Linda’s return, and my anniversary. About twenty people showed up. Ticos preach the benefits of their basic rice and beans diet, but when […]
This year Costa Rica exported 102.1 million cases of banana, 13.5 million more than the 88.6 million it exported last year. Each case weighs 18.14 kilos.
Jorge Sauma, Manager of CORBANA said the increase is due to 3 factors:
Producers improved productivity from 2,155 cases per hectare in 2005 to 2,400 cases this year.
The government implemented a […]
Due to critical renewal lag times at Immigration, the government will renew 55,000 residencies automatically. The lucky foreingners are those whose residency cards expire from December 1st and July 1st of 2007. Mario Zamora, Immigration Director, told La Nacion that the a decree will be published in the next few days in the official newspaper […]
By Katherine Stanley, Tico Times Staff
Ten years after the country’s Constitution was changed to require that at least 6% of the gross domestic product (GDP) be spent on education each year, the government finally plans to comply with the mandate in 2007.
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The government will present a bill asking foreigners residing legally and illegaly in the country to pay 9000 colones per month to the health care system. The payment will apply to 900,000 immigrants, 600,000 legal residents and 300,000 illegal or who are being processed. The payment would be made in the Immigration Offices (ouch!).
A fixed […]
The Finance Ministry calculates that the public and private sectors will pay a total of 280 billion colones in 2006. 58 billion will go to employees in the Legislature, Omsbudsman’s Office, the Judicial Branch, the Elections Tribunal and the Comptroller General’s Office.
Another 56 billion colones will go to employees of municipal governments, public institutions and […]
As employees eagerly await the end of year Christmas bonus due to all employees in Costa Rica, many are asking themselves how much they are owed. Or maybe you are an employer who needs to pay someone?
Eugenio Solano, director of Labor Relations at the Ministry of Work and Social Security explained that every public and […]
