RITEVE requests 157% price hike for vehicle inspections
Email this page November 30th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The company known as RITEVE, in charge of annual vehicle inspections in Costa Rica, has asked the Public Service Regulating Authority (ARESEP) to…
INS to auction salvaged goods on December 14th
Email this page November 30th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The National Insurance Institute (INS) will auction electrical appliances and other items on December 14th, at 9:00 am in the Auditorium on the…
Expect to pay more property taxes next year
Email this page November 28th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Expect to pay more property taxes next year, as tax authorities plan to raise the fiscal value per square meter of homes between…
Starbucks making a killing from a rare Costa Rican coffee
Email this page November 28th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Starbucks has added to their menu the most expensive coffee it has ever sold, going for up to $7 per cup. The…
Green alert in the Caribbean and Northern Costa Rica, more rain and chilly temps today
Email this page November 28th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The National Emergency Commission (CNE) declared a “green alert” yesterday for Limon and northern Costa Rica due to the presence of a new…
Expert: “Costa Rica in desperate need of a tax reform”
Email this page November 28th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) According to researchers of the Fiscal Studies Program at the National University (UNA, in Spanish), not having a tax reform plan for Costa…
ICE alerts clients of new phone scam
Email this page November 28th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) ICE’s cellular division, Kolbi, is warning customers that the company is not behind a fake promotion called “Responde y gana con Kolbi” (Respond…
Former Costa Rican president wants to see country go “oil-free”
Email this page November 27th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) José María Figueres, the former Costa Rican president, says he’d like to see Costa Rica become the “world’s largest economy free from oil,”…
