ICE seeking electric rate hikes in hearing this month
Email this page November 4th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) is requesting increases in electric rates as a result of what it describes as increased costs and…
Google ‘Outraged’ by NSA Spying Reports
Email this page October 31st, 2013 (VOA) Internet search engines Google and Yahoo have expressed dismay over reports the U.S. National Security Agency secretly broke into their communication networks. In a…
US taps links to Google, Yahoo data centers: report
Email this page October 31st, 2013 (AFP) – The US National Security Agency has tapped into key communications links from Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, the Washington Post…
Business climate in Costa Rica improving: World Bank
Email this page October 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Government of Costa Rica celebrated yesterday after the country climbed seven spots on a World Bank report that ranks the business climate…
New number portability will increase competition in time for holiday shopping
Email this page October 24th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Beginning November 30th, cellular phone users in Costa Rica will be able to change providers without changing their phone number, a system known…
Presidential candidates Araya, Guillermo support creating Value Added Tax
Email this page October 22nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) While aware that the proposal of a new tax is unpopular, two presidential candidates – facing a fiscal deficit should they be elected…
New taxes proposed to cut Chinchilla administration’s fiscal deficit
Email this page October 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) New taxes are part of a set of proposals to cut the fiscal deficit of the Chinchilla administration, according to the paper “On…
Hundreds of construction projects stuck in SETENA backlogs
Email this page October 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Between 200 and 300 construction projects are stuck in the backlogs of the National Environmental Technical Services (SETENA), which has not even begun…
