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Government seeks legal method of reducing salaries of strikers |
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 By A.M. Costa Rica
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The government confirmed that will try to find a way to recover salaries paid during strikes that were declared illegal. It is analyzing the law for a way to facilitate that recovery. Rodolfo Piza, Presidential Minister confirmed the government's decision: "the government will use the legal mechanisms to recover the expenses caused by the strike.” Once a strike was declared illegal ‘the government considers that it is unfair to pay for work that was not done and we will do everything necessary to recover those funds. " Juan Alfaro, Labor Vice-Minister said that making the reversal of wages paid to employees who did not work is a way to help reduce the country's financial crisis. "Being consistent with the position, not only from the point of view of justice and legality, but also attending to an attention for the fiscal situation and the difficult moment in which the country is. It would be unthinkable to consider that the government would not use the mechanisms that the law allows it to try to recover the salaries that were paid in an improper way, in cases where the work was not done by the employees," said Vice-Minister Alfaro. The government officials will carry out a process of analysis of the alternatives available to achieve the reduction of salaries of employees who did not come to work. According to Vice Minister Alfaro, Labor Law makes a difference in what is a legal and an illegal strike. This is not just a Costa Rican issue it is a matter of legality in several countries. "It is established that there is no obligation to pay wages in the case of illegal strike, and even more, there may be cancellation of the work contract." |
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Government considers that it is unfair to pay for work that was not done. The national strike against the project of fiscal reform was promoted by the union organizations and began on September 10. According to Labor Court the strikes were declared illegal in most of the institutions, including the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery, the Social Security Fund, the Port Administration Board, the Central Bank, the National Emergency Commission, the Ministry of Public Education, and the Costa Rican Electricity Institute, among others. However, the employees of the Education Ministry, who are mostly teachers, are still on strike even though their strike was declared illegal. According to the ministry, "98.5 percent of the employees who are still on strike are from the education sector.” |
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Lone children among most vulnerable in human ‘caravan’ |
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By
Maria
Rubi to A.M. Costa Rica
UNHCR is providing shelter, food and other assistance to Honduran refugees and migrants in Guatemala and southern Mexico. When street gang members torched his family home in Honduras, 16-year-old Eduardo felt he had no option but to run for his life. “When I saw our house burning I knew our number had been called, our luck had run out, it was time to flee,” he says. After living in constant fear of being killed or recruited by the gangs in his home town of Colon, he and a group of cousins joined a ‘caravan’ of thousands of children, women and men walking and hitch-hiking north through Central America on a quest for safety. After crossing into neighboring Guatemala, Eduardo and his cousins were at the head of the caravan of refugees and migrants as they attempted to cross the bridge over the Suchiate River to reach Mexico, when authorities closed the barrier and scuffles broke out. “I felt helpless, unwanted by any country. I thought they (Mexican authorities) would send us back, and then my real nightmare would start,” he recalls. “I felt helpless, unwanted by any country. I thought they would send us back.” Eduardo was among people allowed into Mexico, where they have lodged claims for asylum. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has mobilized staff and resources to southern Mexico since last Thursday, following the caravan’s arrival in the borderlands. As of Monday, 45 staff members are in Tapachula, in Chiapas State, and others are on route. Working in support of the Mexican authorities, UNHCR teams are providing staffing and technical help to ensure timely registration of asylum seekers like Eduardo. They are also setting up identification and referral processes for those with vulnerabilities and needs, and are increasing assistance and shelter capacity. “Of concern to UNHCR at present is the developing humanitarian situation and the known kidnapping and security risks in areas the caravan may venture into,” UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards told at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, earlier this week. “Stabilizing the situation has become has become urgent. It is essential that there are proper reception and other conditions for those seeking asylum as well as for others on the move,” he added. The ‘caravan’, which was estimated at up to 7,000 people or more in size, is the second organized march in the region this year, the first having taken place in April in Mexico. In Guatemala UNHCR is monitoring the border at Tecun Uman. Staff are assessing individual needs and, with partners, organizing humanitarian assistance to those most in need. “Stabilizing the situation has become has become urgent.”
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A UNHCR staff member talks to Honduran refugees and migrants resting in a park in Tapachula in southern Mexico. UNHCR is also identifying those who are particularly vulnerable, counseling them on their best options. This has led to a few unaccompanied and separated children choosing to claim asylum in Guatemala. The UN Refugee Agency is also monitoring returns and deportations from Guatemala, to ensure that they are voluntary and respect the fundamental principle of non- refoulement (no forcible return). Most of those traveling in the caravan are in family groups, many with babies and toddlers. Their well-being is of particular concern to staff due to the extreme heat in the tropical lowlands of Chiapas, where temperatures are tipped to peak at 32°C this week, with high humidity. In Honduras, meanwhile, UNHCR is monitoring the situation at the border with Guatemala through its partners and its San Pedro Sula office, as well as working with the authorities to ensure safe reception for those members of the caravan who are returning. “UNHCR would like to remind countries along this route that this caravan is likely to put people in real danger,” Edwards stressed. “In any situation like this it is essential that people have the chance to request asylum and have their international protection needs properly assessed, before any decision on return or deportation is made.” Eduardo is currently receiving food, medical attention and shelter in southern Mexico. As his claim for asylum is processed, his thoughts are with his sister, who opted to stay behind in Honduras, where she remains vulnerable to street gang violence. “My sister and I are thick as thieves, what I miss the most is hearing her voice every day,” he says. “I worry that one day her luck will also run out.” The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950 during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. Today, over 68 years later, our organization is still hard at work, protecting and assisting refugees around the world.
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Police seized illegal merchandise from U.S. |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff
As a result of routine control, the National Customs Service reported seized of 2,700 kilos of new clothing from the United States. Officials of the organization seized the merchandise that was in a customs warehouse, located in Heredia. According to the report, "the existence of 259 packages of new clothes of recognized brands was determined.” The clothing had not been declared when it was imported and is not part of the commercial invoice provided to customs. Customs officers will work to determine the value of the products to see if the amount of unpaid taxes exceeds $ 5,000. If that is the case, "the company that carried out the importation could be charged with a crime of customs tax fraud, which could be classified as aggravated," said the customs police. The investigation will also be aimed at establishing, "the possible participation of a customs employee,” as, evidently, someone allowed the merchandise to avoid being downloaded into the custom’s review unit. Avoiding review is a violation of custom’s protocol. Wilson Céspedes, General Director of Customs referred to the legal consequences of tax evasion, stating, "Situations such as these violate the General Customs Law, so that those responsible could be punished with fines of up to four times the amount of taxes left unpaid.” Violators could also face up to 15 years in prison. The officers reported another control operation in Palmar Norte, where police, "seized 29,254 liquor products (bottles and cans) that were stored in a liquor distributor that did not have the legal records to sell liquor." In this case, the owner of the store was accused of tax evasion and of developing a commercial activity without legal permits. During the month of October, the officers have made several seizures in several shops, for a total of 249 thousand units of merchandise which did not have the permits for sale. |
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Police seized of 2,700 kilos of new clothing from the United States. One of the seizures that stands out is "the confiscation of 214,164 food products such as soups, cigarettes, soft drinks, candy, which were hidden in a truck in Peñas Blancas," said the official report. Irving Malespín, director of the tax control police, reports that the illegal merchandise trade increases during the Christmas season. "Daily we work on the intensification of operations and joint work with other police forces and even more so as the close of the year approaches, when attempts to introduce smuggled merchandise increase. In order to avoid situations like the ones exposed, we are reinforcing our actions on road borders, docks and shopping areas throughout the national territory. " The police report did not give the names of the owners of the stores because they are in the process of investigation. |
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Police rescued two green turtles |
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By
A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Security Ministry reported the capture of a man suspected of illegally hunting turtles. According to the report, the incident happened during a night patrol in Moín in Limón. At 2:20 Wednesday morning, when the police officers went on a patrol, they observed a suspicious vehicle parked near the beach and went to inspect it. Inside the vehicle, they found two live green turtles that were turned on their backs. Their flippers were tightly bound with rope. Police officials believe the turtles, which are a protected species, were going to be killed and butchered for their meat. The patrol officers immediately contacted the Coastguard Station of Moin, whose staff is in charge of coordinating the necessary actions to send the reptiles to the Sea Turtle Conservation Project owned by the company APM Terminals in Moin. After the turtles were inspected and their health confirmed, they were guarded until the officials of that company coordinated with the Environment Ministry to have them released in an appropriate area. According to the police report, there were no documents in the vehicle “so it was decommissioned and handed over to the Traffic Police." In addition, the driver, a man named Membreño, was captured and sent to the Prosecutor's Office of Limón, where he could be accused of violating various rules that protect sea turtles. According to the ministry, this species of turtle is hunted on the Caribbean coast to extract eggs and meat, a practice that is absolutely illegal, as this species is protected by the Law of Protection, Conservation and Recovery of Sea Turtle Populations. |
 Security Ministry courtesy photo Whoever kills, hunts, captures, removes, transports or trades sea turtles, will be punished with imprisonment of one to three years. According to this law "Whoever kills, hunts, captures, removes, transports or trades sea turtles, will be punished with imprisonment of one to three years. The penalty will be from three months to two years in prison for those who hold sea turtles for commercial purposes, or trade products or by-products of these species." The green turtle is an endangered species and its spawning period in the Limon coast extends from July to October. For this reason, the police make nocturnal patrols in search of illegal turtle hunters. |
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Traffic officer as suspected of killing driver |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff The Security Ministry confirmed the death of a man named Sanchez, 24, who was shot by a traffic officer. The incident took place near the Tárcoles Bridge, near to Jaco Beach. According to the police report, on Wednesday at 8 a.m., Sanchez was driving on the bridge over the Tarcoles River where there was a control operation by the traffic officials. Apparently the officers signaled the driver to park the vehicle so they could make a routine check. Instead, the driver accelerated and tried to escape from the site, almost running over one of the officers. To avoid being run over, another officer shot at the vehicle, hitting the driver in the head. The Red Cross went to the site and took the injured man to the Monseñor Sanabria Hospital in Puntarenas. The man was reported dead at 10:30 a.m. Walter Espinoza, Director of the Judicial Research Organization said that the institution will follow the investigation protocol in this case.
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According to police report, to avoid being run over, another officer shot at the vehicle, hitting the driver in the head. "The organization is working on a report that will be sent to the prosecutor to determine the responsibility of the people involved. As part of the investigation, officers' weapons were seized, interviews were conducted with those involved and witnesses and the evidence was collected." The investigators report the crime will continue under investigation but, as of this edition, no determination on the officer’s actions has been reported. |
