|
Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
 (AMC) Members of a legislative committee have rejected a proposal that would put a 50 percent annual road tax surcharge of so-called luxury vehicles. The vote was 6 to 3 in the Comisión Permanente de Asuntos Hacendarios Tuesday.
The proposal was advanced by the Partido Acción Ciudadana and would have covered vehicles worth more than 7 million colons. That's about $12,700 at the current exchange rate.
|
|
|
Monday, 03 November 2008 |
 (La Paz School) What a fantastic month of Origins it has been at La Paz Community School! Events at La Paz have included the continuation of Costa Rican traditions such as National Cultural Day where our 80 students representing over 20 countries and 10 languages truly shined in dances, art and music projects, as well as academic presentations.
October has also seen some exciting community building activities with the inauguration of Club Blue. In only one month nearly 70% ...
|
|
|
Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
 (TTT) Credit is a hard thing to come by these days, and that just might be a good thing for the Costa Rican economy.
Interest rates have been climbing steadily in recent months as banks try to sop up whatever cash they can by offering attractive savings rates.
This, economists say, is likely to bring inflation down – a good thing for consumers who could end up paying less at the supermarket, or at least not suffer a...
|
|
|
Saturday, 04 October 2008 |
 (María del Rocío Fernández Rojas) DIADESOL was an interamerican day to "show pride in maintaining a clean community", which took place in Brasilito on September 27th.
The event was organized by the Municipality of Santa Cruz Department of Environmental Protection and DIRSA-Costa Rica.
|
|
|
Friday, 12 September 2008 |
 (TBT) Construction in the country is proving to be unfazed by the US economic woes, say experts, growing 25 per cent in the past 12 months.
According to the Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y Arquitectos de Costa Rica (CFIA), their teams have dealt with more than six million square meters of new construction in the past year.
“This is a growth that has surpassed expectations for the sector,...
|
|
|
Friday, 05 September 2008 |
 (TBT) President Óscar Arias has presented a bill which will further devolve power from San José to the country’s 81 municipalities.
During a weekend visit to the Caribbean port of Limón, President Arias signed a draft of a law which will see municipalities take over the administration of Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) machinery and resources.
Under the General Law of Strengthening of Local Governments, which...
|
|
|
Saturday, 30 August 2008 |
 (TBT) When Country Day School went looking for a new Director for their campus in Brasilito, Guanacaste, they unwittingly found a real renaissance man.
On paper, 47-year-old Jeff Haun was a teacher with more than 20 years’ experience, most recently as the Director of a small school in Vilnius, Lithuania.
In reality, Mr Haun is a school director, a teacher, a traveler, a baseball player, a painter and a cook, and this week he took over the reins of....
|
|
|
Friday, 29 August 2008 |
 (La Paz Community School) Message from the President: We at La Paz Community School eagerly anticipate the September 1st commencement of our second academic year.
With an increase in enrollment of nearly 40%, the soaring demand for a bilingual, non-profit, community school education is clearly evident in Guanacaste. To assist in the continuous realization of our school mission we have dramatically diversified the offer of the school with the addition of two new classrooms;....
|
|
|
Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 (By John McPhaul Reuters) The U.S. mortgage crisis has hit Costa Rica's once booming vacation home market, with sales plummeting as Americans who dream of buying a tropical getaway struggle to find financing.
U.S. retirees and vacationers often pay for beach homes along Costa Rica's jungle-fringed beaches by taking out mortgages on their homes in the United States, but trouble in the banking sector has made that more difficult, realtors say.
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 Next > End >>
|
| Results 1 - 9 of 26 |
