Little
Known Law
Obligates Motels To Hand Out
Condoms For Free
A little known fact is about to
come your way. Ley 7771,
obligates owners of motels to
have free condoms available for
it's customers. Yes, free. The
law that has been on the books
for some years and little known.
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From the good news department,
Alba Rosa, the pregnant woman
who threw herself down a cliff
in desperation, is today doing
well more than a week later.
Alba has left the hospital and
almost lost her baby during the
ordeal and with the help of
friends and neighbours, he
husband was able to repair his
truck and now is working. [Fotos:
Iván Meza Kawas/Diario Extra]
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Taxi
Protest Averted With Motion To
Eliminate El Porteo
In the face of possibly the
biggest demonstration by Taxi
drives come Monday, yesterday,
38 Legislative Assembly deputies
approved a motion that would
pretend to eliminate "porteo" -
the private or informal taxi
services.
LaserCard Fills Resident Cards
Order
The LaserCard Corp. recently
completed the shipment of highly
secure optical memory-based
Permanent Resident Cards to be
issued by Costa Rica to its
legal non-citizen residents.
Sentenced Judge Continues On the
Bench During Appeal
A court judge sentenced for
sexual abuse continues at his
post. Judge Gerardo Calero
Miranda of the Saripiquí court,
was accused for the sexual abuse
of a 14 year old girl and
sentenced to 5 years prison.
However, since Calero has filed
an appeal, Calero continues at
his job and has area residents
fuming.
Arias
Offended By Union Leaders
Refusing Invitation to His Home
President-elect, Oscar Arias,
says that the attitude of union
leaders Albino Vargas and Fabio
Chaves, is an offense and a slap
in the face, for not accepting
his invitation to his home in
Rohrmoser to dialogue.
Democracy
Ain't Cheap
Every four years Costa Ricans go
to the voting booths to elect a
new leader, a process that has
become costly in the recent
years, costing ¢4.766 (us$9.50)
for each vote cast.
Panama VP
Visits Cuba
Panamanian Vice President Samuel
Lewis Navarro is visiting Cuba
Friday to discuss cooperation, a
proposed Latin American Summit
in Panama and that of the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in
Havana next September.
attend the NAM Summit to be held in September in Havana.
Argentina makes March 24 holiday
to reflect on coup
Argentina's Congress approved a
law on Thursday making March 24
a national holiday to mark the
1976 coup that ushered in the
last dictatorship of the
country.
Colombia denies violation of
Ecuador's airspace
Colombian Foreign Minister Maria
Carolina Barco Isackson on
Thursday denied a violation of
Ecuador's airspace by Colombian
military planes, and refused to
apologize for what she called a
possible misreading of radar
recordings.
Salvadoran
Woman FMLN Capital Mayor
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE)
confirmed on Thursday that
Violeta Menjivar of the
progressive Farabundo Marti
National Liberation Front (FMLN),
won the San Salvador mayor´s
office after Wednesday night
disturbances.
World
Water Forum opens in Mexico
The Fourth World Water Forum
began on Thursday in Mexico City
with the theme of "local actions
for a global challenge."
LATIN AMERICA:
WATER:
Listening to the Voices of
Children
An average
of 4,500 children under the age
of five die every day worldwide
from lack of access to clean
drinking water and basic
sanitation. To talk about this
appalling situation, 100
children and teenagers from 30
countries have come to Mexico to
share their experiences and take
part in the search for
solutions.
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