Yearly Archives: 2015

QCOSTARICA (IPS) - A strike that has brought activity to a halt since January on three major banana plantations on Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast, along the border with Panama, has highlighted the abuses in a sector in the hands of transnational corporations and has forced the governments of...

QCOSTARICA - The price of a liter of gasoline will increase next week, following Tuesday's price hike approval by the Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos - Aresep). The hike is of ¢31 per liter of super, ¢29 for regular/plus and ¢7 for diesel, setting...

QCOSTARICA - Still missing are some 2.900 of the 12.000 minimum fire hydrants required the Cuerpo de Bomberos (Fire Department) to properly provide security in the event of an emergency. The minimum number is an estimate made in 2008, when the Fire Hydrant Law (Ley de Hidrantes #8.641) was created....