CNFL considering appeal, wants full rate hike of 35.56 percent: report
The increase approved by regulators on Monday is only about half of the 35.56 rate hike that CNFL had requested, and the company is considering appealing the regulator’s decision and…
Regulators approve 18.6 percent hike in electric rates for CNFL customers
The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (ARESEP) on Monday approved an 18.6 percent price increase in electricity rates paid by some 520,000 customers of the National Power and Light Company…
Costa Rica implements stricter immigration, passport checks for travelers; causes airport delays
Costa Rica’s Directorate General of Immigration has implemented more stringent immigration and passport checks for those entering and leaving the country. …
Guatemala’s vanishing harvests
iplomats from nearly 200 nations will gather in Paris next week to discuss climate change and hammer out a global plan for curbing emissions. But halfway around the world, Banegas…
Behind with the IRS? Americans could soon find their passports revoked
The US Congress is expected to enact a law denying or revoking passports for US citizens that owe money to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Wall Street Journal reported…
57-year-old US man arrested in Escazu for luring minors for paid sex, rape
A 57-year-old man from the United States was arrested Saturday in Escazu for allegedly luring minors via social media and taking them to his home and then soliciting them for…
Costa Rica regulator rejects request to more than triple vehicle inspection fees
Costa Rica’s Regulatory Authority for Public Services (ARESEP) has rejected a request made last week by Riteve (RTV), the company that holds the government concession to provide annual mandatory motor…
Costa Rican president inaugurates Torito Hydroelectric Plant
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis and the chairman of Spanish multinational utility Gas Natural Fenosa, Salvador Gabarro, inaugurated a 50 MW hydroelectric power station on Friday.…
