The IMN (Costa Rican Meteorology Institute ) has predicted that the weather phenomenon known as El Niño will affect Costa Rica, but not during the upcoming dry season. El Niño causes a dryer, hotter dry season in the Central Valley and the Pacific.
According to the IMN, the upcoming El Niño will be mild.
With an average increase of 9%, the Marchamo will be paid by each of the 830,000 vehicles circulating in Costa Rica. The INS adjusted the obligatory premium by 8.9% and also partially eliminated the subsidy for buses and motorcycles that was charged to car owners in the past. A sample amount:
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The travel industry research firm Future Brand recently ranked Costa Rica among the countries predicted to have the most growth in tourism during the next five years, according to a statement released yesterday by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).
The current edition of Future Brand’s magazine named Costa Rica as one of 10 countries classified […]
ARESEP will be asked to approve a 30% rate hike for the 500,000 clients of the water company AyA. Each family will pay on average and additional 1350 colones per month. A average family that now pays ¢4500 per month would pay ¢5850 (For 24 cubic meters).
The minimum rate for up to 15 cubic meters […]
By Amanda Roberson Tico Times StaffCosta Rica has slipped seven spots during the past five years on the Human Development Index (HDI), a ranking that evaluates countries’ life expectancy, education and standards of living, explained U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative José Manuel Hermida during a press conference in San José yesterday.
This doesn’t necessarily mean […]
According to a study by PhishTank, 110 sites Costa Rican Internet sites are dedicated to commit frauds against web surfers. The company made an analysis of 3,678 pages Web, in the past month of October, and determined that these 110 places try to rob money to from the people through deceit.
These pages, Costa Rican pages […]
According to the CNE and the security Ministry, the panic caused by a fire, an earthquake or an explosion could turn the Zapote Fair into a mortal trap where thousands of people would die.
The warning stems from an investigation done in March by members of the commission, firefighters and police. The study analyzes exit and […]
Locals are concerned by the news that a foreigner has bought the property owned by Fernando Chávez Altamarino. The property holds the source of the water supply for the BriBri aqueduct and was bought for $7 million according to Chávez. The treasurer of the water board confirmed the news to the Diario Extra.
“Essentialy, the […]
PAC presented yesterday four government bills to tax casinos, sportbooks, offshorebanks and cars that cost more than ¢7 million (about $15000). In addition, the group promotes another eight bills whose purpose is to exercise “a greater control of public spending”, as explained by the ex-presidential candidate Ottón Solís.
Solís explained that the taxes were already part […]
Due to pressure from different political and social sectors, the executive branch has annulled a regulation dealing with munitions and arms factories. The regulation was included in the “General Regulations for the authorization of sanitary permits from the Ministry of Health”, a basic permit that most businesses in Costa Rica need in order to operate.
