BCR to eliminate 250 staff as earnings plummet
Banco de Costa Rica will eliminate 250 staff from its payrolls, saving the bank some US $16.8 million per year, Teletica reported on Wednesday.…
New regulation on vehicular road noise comes into effect on Friday
Stricter rules aimed at controlling vehicular noise are set to come into effect on Friday. In addition to the new standards, the regulation will for the first time also…
Costa Rica regulator changes methodology for calculating fuel prices
Costa Rica’s Regulatory Authority for Public Services (ARESEP) has changed the methodology by which the Costa Rican Oil Refinery (RECOPE) must calculate the price of gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum-derived…
Costa Rican firm amongst winners of Colombia road contracts
Colombia's national highway authority, Invias, has awarded a pair of road renovation contracts to two consortiums whose members include the local units of construction companies based in Spain and Costa…
US investigates Venezuelan oil giant
U.S. officials have launched an investigation to find out if Venezuela’s leaders used Petróleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), a state-owned oil and natural gas company, to embezzle billions of dollars through…
Group that helped El Chapo escape from prison dismantled, Mexican AG says
The group that helped Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman escape from a prison in central Mexico over the summer has been dismantled, thanks to the recent…
UN report: Women marrying later, living longer
Women around the world are living longer, are better educated and are marrying later than has been the case over the past 20 years, but millions remain illiterate and many…
Staffer at Costa Rica’s secretive intelligence agency charged with providing sensitive info to narco group linked to homicide
A staffer at Costa Rica’s secretive Directorate of Intelligence and National Security (DIS) was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of providing “sensitive information” to a narco-trafficking group linked to a May,…
