With the New Year less than a week old, at least one side in the Tri-Party Wage Commission is already looking forward to starting the minimum wage review that will decide this year’s minimum wage increase.
There is some talk...
Once again there is a Chinese Embassy in Nicaragua as both countries waste no time in getting down to business following the Nicaraguan government’s recent declaration that; “There is only one single China, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC).
Less...
Visitors report having their binoculars seized by Nicaraguan Customs (Aduanas).
Travelling to Nicaragua with your Binoculars to watch some of the hundreds of different types of birds that live or visit here should be one of the more innocent recreational...
The Government of Nicaragua aims to improve on the 78% Covid-19 vaccination rate for the population over 2 years old.
The Ministry of Health (MINSA) is developing a vaccination strategy that will identify families pending vaccination so as to organize...
With the first cases of the Omicron Covid-19 Variant now being confirmed in Costa Rica and Panama, as well as a suspected case in Honduras, it’s probably only a matter of time until the first case(s) will be reported...
Almost 130,000 Zona Franca (Tax Free Trade Zones) employees will receive an 8.25% raise starting on January 1st, 2022.
It’s the last year of the five year triparty wage deal (Government, Unions and Owners Representatives), signed in 2017, that has...
This article highlights my interest in this subject and hence our regular look at Nicaraguan remittances, the money sent back home by Nicaraguans living outside of the country.
The Central Bank of Nicaragua (El Banco Central de Nicaragua - BCN)...
As the tourism sector in Nicaragua lives in hope of more US flights to the Managua International Airport, some of those absent airlines (as well as those currently flying into Managua) continue to announce flights to new destinations in...
The Russian Ambassador to Nicaragua, Alexandr Jojólikov has confirmed that the Nicaraguan made Vaccine CoviVac will begin coming off the production line in Managua in January 2022.
As reported in Nica-Biz in October 2021, Russia had transferred the technology for...
The Nicaraguan Disaster Simulation (officially a “National Exercise for the Protection of Life in Multi-Threat Situations”) is better known locally as a “Simulacro”.
IV National Exercise of Preparation and Protection of Life
This exercise is scheduled for 10am this coming Monday...
