Bank Customers Becoming Easy
Prey For Robbers
Bank customers continue
to be easy prey for
anti-socials despite
tougher bank security
protocols, especially at
the state banks, where
armed security guards
keep an eye on who is
going in and out of the
bank, no use of cellular
phones, sunglasses and
hats, and every person
is check with a metal
detector. The private
banks are less
stringent.
A mock terrorist
attack tested
the skills and
performance of
the SPI unit in
ending the drama
and rescuing the
hostages inside
the court
building in
downtown San
José. Jorge
Rojas, director
of the OIJ, said
the
demonstration is
part of the
continued
training program
for the unit.
[Foto: Adriana
Araya] |
Mock
Terrorist Attack Tests Special
Unit Response
Agents of the SPI put into
practice yesterday, at the
opening of the new Año Judicial,
their skills in defending the
courts against attacks and
needing their intervention.
Future Telecom Operators Must
Ensure Quality Services
The Comisión Especial (special
commission) that is studying the
Ley General de
Telecomunicaciones
(telecommunication laws)
approved a motion that obligates
future telephone providers in
Costa Rica to guarantee services
of high quality.
Retailer Gives Homemakers Credit
Line
One retailer has decided that
homemakers are a good source of
new customers and is now
extending them credit regardless
if they work outside the home or
not, or that they do not have
independent income.
New Costa Rican Global
Recruitment Center Launched by
RPOworldwide
RPOworldwide, a leading provider
of offshore Recruiting Process
Outsourcing (RPO) services, and
a subsidiary of us$270 million
Global IT and BPO provider iGATE
Corporation, announced the
launch of a new Global
Recruiting Centre located in San
José.
Central America Left Networks in
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega and leftwing-party
representatives from El
Salvador, Guatemala, and
Honduras met in Managua to
analyze the Central American
panorama from the regional
people s movement perspective.
Salvador Deputies Death Kindles
Doubt
The Farabundo Marti Liberation
Front (FMLN) questioned the
capture of alleged intellectual
authors of the assassination of
three Salvadorian deputies to
the Central American Parliament
(PARLACEN) in Guatemala.
Guatemala Prepares For
Indigenous Summit
Guatemala is getting ready
Thursday to welcome nearly 2,000
delegates for the Third Summit
of Indigenous Peoples and
Nationalities, to be run on
March 26 with a Maya ceremony at
the sacred site of Iximche.
Caribbeans Celebrate Abolition
of Slavery
Preparations to celebrate the
bicentennial anniversary of the
abolition of slave trade is
mobilizing Caribbean governments
and prompting reflection in the
area, one of the worst hit by
the scourge.
Venezuela
Billion Bond Issue
Venezuela´s state oil company
PDVSA will issue bonds amounting
nearly 5 billion dollars on
Monday, with terms for 10, 20,
and 30 years, its president
Rafael Ramirez announced.
CLIMATE CHANGE:
Understanding
Weather to Protect
the Poor
Climate phenomena
like El Niño and
global warming have
a disproportionate
effect on the poor.
That is why
meteorology has a
crucial contribution
to make in the fight
against poverty,
scientists say.
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