Government Offices
To Close For Christmas
Starting Dec. 22
The government announced
yesterday that all
government offices and
agencies will close for
the Christmas holiday on
December 22 and re-open
on January 3, 2008,
according to the
ministro de la
Presidencia, Rodrigo
Arias.
Arias, in his directive,
also said that Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
workers who strike next
Monday (November 26)
will have their pay
docked for the missed
day, and so will any
other government
employee who takes the
day off to join the ICE
protest.
Minister Arias also
confirmed that the first
us$20 million dollars
donated by the
government of China is
now in the vault of the
Ministerio de Hacienda.
The money was donated to
help those affected by
the heavy rain and
flooding of the last
several months.
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