Low Salaries Leaves Police Officers Living Burdened With Debt
A study by the Ministerio de Seguridad Pública shows that the country's police officials are up to their eyeballs in debts, some many spending as much as 90% of the salaries to pay their debts. The desire to purchase appliances, cellular phones and other consumer goods, means an overburden of debt.

ICE Employees Get Pay Raise
The Consejo Directivo del Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) - board of directors of the state telecom monopoly - yesterday approved a salary hike of between 1% and 30% for all its employees. The median average is of 10.5% and will go into effect tomorrow, according to a news release by the Institution.

Finger Pointing On the Pirate Taxi Issue Continues
A plan to fine big "taxistas piratas" (pirate taxis) has failed. The Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) has only approved fines one in twenty cases brought before it.

San José Airport Will Soon Have A Bigger Immigration Area
Visitors to the Juan Santamaría (San José) airport will soon have a new immigration lounge that is bigger and can handle more traffic, reducing the long lines that sometimes wears thin the patience of arriving visitors and nationals alike.

Positive Outlook
Tourism sector sources said that the sector is optimistic about an increase of visitors during the low season...

Monday Is A Holiday
A reminder that tomorrow, Monday, April 16, is a legal holiday in Costa Rica and that all government offices, agencies and banks will be closed.