Tax On Bottled Water
Proposed To Finance
Sustainable
Development Centre
Drinking bottled water
may cost as much as 32%
more if legislator
Salvador Quirós gets his
way. The legislator is
proposing to open a
Centro para el
Desarrollo Sostenible (Cendes)
institute - a centre for
sustainable development
- to be located in San
Carlos, that will be
paid for by the tax on
bottled water.
Tránsito To Beef Us
Patrols During Semana
Santa
In less than two weeks
the annual "Semana
Santa" vaction period
begins and one group of
civil servants, the
Policía de Tránsito,
however, will be on full
alert between April 4
and 12.
Ortega To Be A
"No Show" For Biden Visit
The United States Vice-President is coming
on Sunday and all the president of Central
America will be in Costa Rica to join Costa
Rican president, Oscar Arias, in welcoming
Joe Biden, except one - Daniel Ortega.
Costa Rica Moves Closer to Vision of
Regional Standard in ID Credentials with New
Foreign Resident Card
LaserCard Corporation announced that waiting
time to obtain DIMEX, the Costa Rica Foreign
Resident ID card, will be substantially
shortened with the introduction of new
nationwide data capture facilities. As
of April 1, applicants will be able to
enroll at 25 specially equipped branch
offices of the Banco de Costa Rica.
No Tinted Rear Windows
Allowed Beginning July
Vehicles owners with the license plate
ending in 7 will be the first to feel the
effects of the new vehicular inspection
regulations that upgrades some 40 items from
"leve" to "grave". The Ministerio de Obras
Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) has been
working on a revised inspection manual that
will in effect in July.
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Great
news for
visitors
to
Monteverde,
as the
19 km
stretch
of rocky
road
between
the
Interamericana
Norte
and
Guacimal
de
Puntarenas,
has been
paved
and has
painted
lines.
The trip
on that
section
of the
road would
add, in
the
past, an
hour or
more to
the
final
trip to
and from Monteverde.[Foto:MOPT
press
office) |
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