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Salud Gives Manuel Antonio
Four Months For Clean Up
The ministerio de Salud (Health ministry) said yesterday the Parque
Nacional Manuel Antonio will not be closed and will be have four
months to clean up the fecal contamination of the area.
Wal-Mart, Scotiabank and Florida All Cofirm
Job Cuts
Wal-Mart, Scotiabank and
Florida Bebidas are all downsizing due to the current economic
situation in the country, with layoffs of employees, mainly at the
administrative level. Wal-Mart has eliminating 60 positions, while
Florida Bebidas is cutting back 136 and Scotiabank 200.
Bus Fare Drop Approved
Users of public bus services
have been waiting patiently for a reduction in fares and yesterday
the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) finally
gave the approval to reduce fares 5.13% on som e712 routes around
the country.
Guanacaste Hospitals Join
‘Safe Surgery’ Program
(InfoWebPress) – With the goal of reducing complications at
operating rooms, the 29 hospitals run by the Costa Rican Social
Security System (CCSS) throughout the country have joined the “Safe
Surgery Saves Lives” program promoted by the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
"Barista"
Finals Competition Today
The final competition for the best "barista" will be held today
beginning at 2pm in Terramall, where 16 competitors will compete for
six spots to represent Costa Rica in the Campeonato
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Coffee
farmer
Federico
Rodriguez
inspects
a new
growth
on a
coffee
plantation
in La
Ribera
de
Belen,
Costa
Rica.
Rodriguez
said
that
loans
for
farmers
have
dried up
over the
last six
months,
and that
coffee
growers
will
suffer
if the
world-wide
economic
crisis
continues
much
longer.
[Foto/Kent
Gilbert] |
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éSpañol SkateboardingTour 2009!
From February 27 to March 12, éS will be skating hrough Central and
South America on our éSpañol 2009 tour! |
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VENEZUELA:
Wound Still Gaping 20 Years after ‘Caracazo’
As José Luis reached the bus stop, he saw a crowd of furious local residents smashing shop fronts, cars and telephone booths. Without giving it much thought, he threw himself into the mob that broke into a small supermarket, triggering the worst social uprising and biggest massacre in the last 100 years in Venezuela.
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Reno
Wind-Turbine Maker Expands to
Costa Rica
Reno-based wind turbine
manufacturer Mariah Power has
expanded onto the international
stage with its first Windspire
installation in Latin America.
ASI Power & Telemetry, a Mariah
Power dealer based in
northwestern Costa Rica, has
installed one of the company’s
propeller-free vertical axis
wind turbines, called a
Windspire, in a
biodiversity-educational park
near Costa Rica’s capital, San
Jose.
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"How
to
Make
Coffee
A
Great
Cup
of
Coffee"
It is very simple to make a
great cup of coffee, you just
need to learn a couple a thing
to move your process from just
an average cup to great. Here
are some tips on how to make
coffee so that you will get the
most enjoyment out of your
gourmet coffee.
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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