Transport Minister Wants To
Ensure A Safe Back to School
The Consejo de Seguridad Vial (Cosevi)
and the Policía de Tránsito want
to ensure a safe back to school
next week, as the school year
begins next Tuesday, February 7,
by issuing some 11.000 students
reflective stickers to be placed
on clothing and backpacks, to
allow them better visibility by
drivers.
Downtown San
José was again
the scene of a
spectacular
fire, as
warehouse/store
between Avendas
4 adn 6 on Calle
8, caught fire.
Fortunately no
one was hurt in
the blaze that
completely
destroyed the
building and the
contents which
were for the
most school
supplies. Many
of the downtown
buildings are
too old and in
poor condition
that fires as
such will be
more common,
according to the
Bomberos (fire
department). [Foto
Francisco Obando] |
Central
Bank Predicts 8% Inflation Rate
For 2007
The president of the Banco
Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) -
Central Bank - Franciso De Paula
Gutiérrez, is predicting that
the inflation rate for this year
will be 8%, as the country
maintains an inflation down
trend.
Colombian Gang Recruited Costa
Rican Fishermen To Haul Drugs
The Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) have been for
some time after a Colombian gang
that recruited Costa Rican
fishermen and their fishing
boats to haul drugs off the
shores of Costa Rica, paying
them up to us$3.000 dollars for
each run that took from 15 to 22
days.
Delta Vacations Sets ‘Companion
Flies Free’ Promo To Costa Rica
Delta Vacations has re-launched
its popular “Companion Flies
Free” promotion, this time
offering savings on packages to
Europe and Costa Rica.
American Technical Ceramics
Announces Commencement of
Outsourced Manufacturing
Operation in Costa Rica
American Technical Ceramics
Corp., a leading manufacturer of
high-performance electronic
components, including capacitors
and thin film circuits for a
broad range of commercial and
military applications, today
announced the official
commencement of an outsourced
passive component finishing and
assembly operation in Costa
Rica.
Skybook Sold to an Undisclosed
Group
Rumors began to circulate out of
Costa Rica on Monday that
something was going on at
Skybook, the flagship brand of
the Rio Group. Several online
gambling posting forums were
buzzing that Skybook had laid
off their entire staff.
Letters to
Editor:
Following are two letters
received following our report of
January 22 on former president
Figueres attending the Glocan
Warming Conference ("Figueres Key Note Speaker At
Global Warming Conference"
) from Mr. Figueres
himself and his lawyer.
Voice of America
launches in Nicaragua
The Voice of America is
going head-to-head with
a cable network backed
by Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez with
transmissions in
Sandinista-governed
Nicaragua.
Venezuelan legislature grants
Chavez special presidential
powers
Venezuela's legislature, the
National Assembly, on Tuesday
approved the so-called Enabling
Law, which grants President Hugo
Chavez special powers for 18
months to enact a series of
measures by presidential decree.
Ecuador Protests Shutdown
Congress
Ecuadorian legislators suspended
Tuesday´s ordinary session faced
with a multitude of people
around Congress demanding an
immediate call to a referendum.
Castro Appears on TV
Cuban leader Fidel Castro on
Tuesday appeared on his
country's state television for
the first time in three months.
Colombia sprays herbicide to
eradicate coca
The Colombian authorities said
on Monday that the first part of
a herbicide spraying campaign in
areas that border Ecuador to
eradicate coca, the plant used
to make cocaine, had finished.
CUBA:
Despite Underlying
Current of Uncertainty,
Life Moves On
A strange sensation of
normality seems to reign
in Cuba, interrupted
only by isolated
tensions, doubts about
the future and the
deafening silence on the
part of the government
and the state-controlled
media with regard to
certain issues like
Fidel Castro's
convalescence.
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