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Thursday 02 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Sugeval Issues Investor
Alert!
The Superindendencia
General de Valores (Sugeval)
is warning investors to
beware when purchasing
financial instruments
and intermediary
financial services,
detecting 23 companies
operating on the fringes
of the law.
400.000 Cellular Phone
Customers Unprotected
Against Theft
Why can't Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
protect its customers
when a cellular phone is
lost or stolen? Well, it
can and it does, but not
for all cellular phones.
Mishelle Mitchell Out
For Now
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, is now
without a spokesperson,
as Mishelle Mitchell has
been left out, as the
employment contract was
not renewed.
Fender Bender Between
Supply Truck And
Airliner Strands 300
300 passengers of
Continental's fligt 1490
headed for Houston sat
on the tarmac at the
Juan Santamaría (San
José) airport for three
hours yesterday before
the airline cancelled
the flight altogether.
Playas de Brasilito And
Flamingo Cut Off By Rain
October is perhaps the
single worst month of
the rainy season and in
the first two days heavy
rainfalls and mudslides
have causes major
damage, the worst so far
is in San José and
Guanacaste.
Limón Carnaval Cancelled
The ministra de Salud,
María Luisa Ávila Agüero,
announced yesterday that
Limón won't have its
"carnival" this year,
refusing to issue the
Comité Organizador de
los Carnavales de Limón
2008 a permit due to the
mounting garbage problem
in the port city.
"My Way" and "Camisa
Negra"
With "A mí manera" (my
way) and "A quién le
importa", María José
Castillo electrified the
stage of Latin American
Idol, not only with
beautiful voice, but
also with her stunning
personality and
presentation.
Nicaragua Claims Zero
Corruption
Nicaragua's Comptroller
General has said that no
public officials have
been punished for
corruption during the
first 18 months of
President Ortega's term,
and this showed an
improvement in the
conduct of government
employees in contrast to
previous governments.
New Contract To Expand
Panama Canal Opens
PANAMA CITY (AFP) -
Bidding has opened on
the third contract to
expand the Panama
Canal's access to the
Pacific Ocean, the
Panama Canal Authority (ACP)
announced Tuesday.
Venezuelan President
Calls For Changing
World's Financial System
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
Wednesday called for
changing the world's
financial system.
Cuba, Sierra Leone Extol
Bilateral Links
HAVANA - Foreign Affairs
Ministers of Cuba and
Sierra Leone, Felipe
Perez Roque and Zainab
Hawa Bangura highlighted
the good relations
between these two
countries in their
Wednesday meeting.
Brazil's Lula Denies aid
Plans To Deal With
Fallout Of Financial
Crisis
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva on
Wednesday denied rumors
of government plans to
aid sectors likely to be
affected by the world
financial turmoil,
saying the Brazilian
economy remained sound.
ARGENTINA:
Women Create Food
and Jobs in Wetlands
Wearing
a cap and a white apron,
Melina Lucero cuts the
heads and tails off fish
caught in the Paraná
River, before skilfully
filleting them. Her
co-workers will process
and package the fish to
sell as traditional,
small-scale fish
preserves at food fairs
along the banks of the
river in Argentina. |
