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Little
Known Law
Obligates Motels To Hand Out
Condoms For Free
A little known fact is about to
come your way. Ley 7771,
obligates owners of motels to
have free condoms available for
it's customers. Yes, free. The
law that has been on the books
for some years and little known.
Taxi
Protest Averted With Motion To
Eliminate El Porteo
In the face of possibly the
biggest demonstration by Taxi
drives come Monday, yesterday,
38 Legislative Assembly deputies
approved a motion that would
pretend to eliminate "porteo" -
the private or informal taxi
services.
LaserCard Fills Resident Cards
Order
The LaserCard Corp. recently
completed the shipment of highly
secure optical memory-based
Permanent Resident Cards to be
issued by Costa Rica to its
legal non-citizen residents.
Sentenced Judge Continues On the
Bench During Appeal
A court judge sentenced for
sexual abuse continues at his
post. Judge Gerardo Calero
Miranda of the Saripiquí court,
was accused for the sexual abuse
of a 14 year old girl and
sentenced to 5 years prison.
However, since Calero has filed
an appeal, Calero continues at
his job and has area residents
fuming.
Arias
Offended By Union Leaders
Refusing Invitation to His Home
President-elect, Oscar Arias,
says that the attitude of union
leaders Albino Vargas and Fabio
Chaves, is an offense and a slap
in the face, for not accepting
his invitation to his home in
Rohrmoser to dialogue.
Democracy
Ain't Cheap
Every four years Costa Ricans go
to the voting booths to elect a
new leader, a process that has
become costly in the recent
years, costing ¢4.766 (us$9.50)
for each vote cast.
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