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127 Complaints Have Been Filed in Costa Rica for Yearly Bonus Non-payment
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - According to the last count of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MTSS) in Costa Rica some 127 complaints have been received on the issue of non-payment of the yearly bonus.Of that...
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Strict Doping Tests Issued to Cyclists at the Tour of Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The stage winner, the leader and two randomly selected runners must go every day for the drug tests, which are conducted under the highest standards of quality, a fact that has satisfied the...
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Tolls on Route 27 will Rise for 2014
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Costa Rica government reported that on January 1, 2014, they shall issue the regular annual toll adjustment rates.For light vehicles, the toll increased by ¢ 10 in Athens.As for other types of...
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Thousands of Nicaraguans Leaving Costa Rica to Return Home for the Holidays
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Thousands of Nicaraguans have left Costa Rica in recent days to spend the holidays at home.Immigration authorities of Costa Rica reported that a plan to work 24 hours straight has enabled swift movement...
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Costa Rican Customs Holiday Schedules
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The customs of Costa Rica will have a special schedule to mark the commemoration of Christmas and New Year, according to the Directorate General of Taxation, Ministry of Finance.Las Peñas Blancas and Paso...
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Annual Costa Rican Christmas Charity Event Provides Gifts to Over 35,000 Children
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - This weekend, the Works of the Holy Spirit Association held its traditional feast at the National Stadium to share with children in vulnerable social conditions and celebrate Christmas with a gift, among other...
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Nicaragua Asks Costa Rica to Withdraw the Arrest Warrant Against Pastora
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Nicaragua demanded a withdraw of the Costa Rican arrest warrant issued to the International Police (Interpol) against Eden Pastora, the legendary "Comandante Cero", a gesture that the Nicaraguan authorities described as "bad faith...
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Costa Rican In Vitro Fertilization Conflict Remains Undecided for 2013
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Costa Rica State fulfills this Dec. 21, a year without obeying the order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) to enable the practice of in vitro fertilization and affected couples...
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Costa Rica Raises $80 Million Through Cigarette Tax
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The government of Costa Ricacollected about 40,000 million colones ($80 million) in 2013 for the current cigarette tax since last year as part of a smoking ban.The Deputy Minister of Health, Sisy...
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Spaniard Will Travel Latin America by Jet-ski on Commemorative Journey
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Spanish navigator, Alvaro de Marichalar, left Havana en route to Cancun, Mexico, to complete another stage of his jet-ski journey commemorating 500 years since the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Vasco Núñez...
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People With Diabetes Will be Able to Access a Free Screening to Prevent Blindness in Costa Rica
People over 40 years of age diagnosed with diabetes who have not recently received an eye exam will be...