Pressidential Count Continues; Ballots Will Then Used for Toilet Paper
Despite anything to the contrary, the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE), has not proclaimed a winner in Sunday's presidential elections, and according to Oscar Fonseca, president of the TSE, there will not be any until all the ballots have been manually counted.

Health Says It May Have No Money to Fight Dengue
The rainy season will be here soon and so will the Dengue season. This year, the Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health) says that the Ministerio de Hacienda (Finance) have some ¢2 billion colones (us$3.9 million dollars) frozen that would leave them with no money to fight the disease.

La Niña Could Bring More Rain and Flooding This Year
The phenomena known as "la Niña" could cause strong rain and flooding of the Pacific coast areas this "winter" season, according to the Instituto Meteorológico (IM), the weatherman. The IM added that the Caribbean will also be hotter than normal.

Lending Neighbour Gun Was Fatal
Lending your gun to a friend can be fatal. That is exactly what happened to 27 year old Gustavo Alonos Granadas, who lent his neigbour in Los Cuadros de Purral, his gun yesterday morning, who in turn shot Granados in the head.

Fourth Date of Costa Rica's Surf Competition To Kick-Off Next Copa Mango Contest
Antonio Pilurzu, head of Costa Rica’s Federacion de Surf (FS) , announced today that the fourth date of the 2005-06 Circuito Nacional de Surf (CNS) will take place this weekend, February 11 and 12 in Playa Dominical, beginning at 7:00 a.m.

The Billfish Foundation Presidential Challenge Of Central America Costa Rica - 2006
The Billfish Foundation Presidential Challenge of Central America begins the Tenth Anniversary season of the Presidential Challenge series in Playa Carillo.

Puntarenas Carnaval Begins
The Puntarenas 2006 Carnaval is on.