Archive for December 19th, 2007

Traffic Law Nears Floor Vote; ICE Monopoly Next

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
The Traffic Law, entailing stricter fines and jail time for infractors, is nearing a floor vote in the Legislative Assembly. An important vote in the Judicial Affairs Committee on Riteve’s monopoly of vehicular inspection is due this afternoon.
Several weeks ago, the English-language weekly […]

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OIJ’s Rojas Reveals Plans to Leave Agency

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
Costa Rica’s equivalent of the FBI director, Jorge Rojas, revealed his plans to step down from his director post on the country’s investigative agency, OIJ, to take early retirement. He gave as his reason the sad underfunding that makes it impossuble for the agency to meet the […]

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