Daily Archives: September 2, 2011

Aegis Limited, a global business process outsourcing provider, announced that it plans to hire more than 400 workers in its Central Valley contact center. Aegis has had a presence in Costa Rica since 2006. “Over the next three months, we … Continue reading →

National Instruments, a global technology company based in Austin, Texas, inaugurated a shared operations center here Thursday. The new center is expected to employ 200 people over the next five years in customer relationship management, financial services, information technology and … Continue reading →

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has called on his government to speed up the removal of an Irish company from land it owns in an agricultural state in Venezuela. Two years ago, Chávez ordered the seizure of 1,500 hectares (about 3,700 … Continue reading →

Another long tradition based on paper has given way to modern methods. The Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones, which maintains birth, death and marriage records in its Registro del Estado Civil, said these records have been electronic since Aug. 16. The … Continue reading →

Monday is Labor Day in the United States, a legal holiday. The day also marks the traditional end of summer and the start of elementary and high school semesters. For Costa Ricans, especially those in tourism, the day marked the … Continue reading →

A.M. Costa Rica published an hour and 47 minutes late this morning because power was knocked out in a wide area around the newspaper’s editorial offices in San Pedro. The Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz had no immediate explanation. … Continue reading →

While attention was centered on the Atlantic, a tropical depression crept up from Panamá Wednesday night and sowed flooding and destruction. One victim was the Caldera highway where tons of dirt slid onto the roadway Thursday. Crews were still trying … Continue reading →

Investigators said that a woman and her lover plotted successfully to kill her husband for an 18-million-colon life insurance policy. That’s about $35,500. The victim of the plot, identified as Julio César Rodríguez, 48, died when he was stabbed 17 … Continue reading →

The economics ministry is working on regulations to put into force a new law that is supposed to cut down on unnecessary government paperwork. The law contained sanctions for public officials who fail to follow it, and it requires autonomous … Continue reading →

Legislators took action Thursday to approve for the second and final time a 1.75 percent tax on electricity bills so that the Cuerpo de Bomberos could build 30 new fire stations over the next 10 years. Some will be in … Continue reading →