The Scare Of Their Lives!
Passengers of American Airlines flight 988 bound for Miami got the scare of their lives yesterday when the plane had to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off.

In Jealous Rage Man Shoots Wife Five Times Then Kills Himself
 A 33 year old man, identified as Raúl Jirón Reyes, decided to act on his jealous rage by shooting his wife five times, while she walked home with child in arms and her 18 year old brother. Reyes, thinking he had killed his wife, then turned the gun on himself.

Gasoline Price To Drop ¢25 Colones
The announcement came on Thursday, the day that gasoline prices jumped ¢31 coloes per litre, that the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope) would be requesting a decrease, but no amount was mentioned.

Presidential Election Vote Count Continues
Following the election almost two weeks ago, the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE), still has to announce a winner and thus the new president.

Donations from Taiwan
Under oath at a Court in San Jose, second vice-president, Luis Fishman, declared that President Abel Pacheco had been aware of a us$300,000 donation from Taiwan for his political campaign leading to the 2002 election.