Daily Archives: February 17, 2011

The State Department said Wednesday U.S. officials are surprised and concerned by an incident last week in which a U.S. military aircraft was searched and items aboard seized, in Buenos Aires. The Air Force plane and crew were to have … Continue reading →

The Dirección General de Tributación has put out another list of presumed tax deadbeats, but this time the list covers a variety of levies. Included are sales tax, income tax, the education and cultural tax and fines. Tributación has been … Continue reading →

The central government wants more authority for the Universidad de Costa Rica materials lab to keep an eye on public works projects. At the same time there are investigations under way to determine the fault in problems with the Autopista … Continue reading →

A burglary suspect died during an exchange of bullets with police and a civilian and soon may become a test case for weapon use by someone who is not a police officer. The Judicial Investigating Organization identified the dead man … Continue reading →

Monday, Feb. 21, is Presidents Day in the United States, so the U.S. Embassy here will be closed. The day combines what used to be two holidays, Feb. 12, the birth date of Abraham Lincoln, and Feb. 22, the birth … Continue reading →

The United States has donated equipment worth $134,000 to Costa Rica under the Central American Security Initiative. The equipment will go to the security ministry’s communication office and to the Policía de Control de Drogas, the ministry said. The equipment … Continue reading →

A telephoned tip led investigators to the body of a young Panamanian man who had been buried in a palm plantation between Quepos and Parrita. The body was in a grave about 100 meters or about 300 feet off the … Continue reading →

Auxis, Inc., a management consulting and outsourcing firm headquartered in South Florida, Wednesday announced the expansion of its service center in San José to support clients in the United States and Latin America. The expanded Auxis Outsourcing Service Center is … Continue reading →

The government agency that runs the nation’s ports at Moín and Limón want to raise the rates 21 percent. The executive director of the agency, Allan Hidalgo Campos, said the increase really should be 39 percent but such an increase … Continue reading →

Being president cannot be a great gig. Laura Chinchilla has a new budget that is deeply in the red. The wish list of taxes she presented to the legislature was dead on arrival. Meanwhile the legislature is running away with … Continue reading →