IN BRIEF
Inmates Will Cell Phones
A Problem For Prison
Officials
Penitentiary officials
at the La Reforma prison
say that they have
confiscated some 96
cellular phones from
prisoners during the
last 13 months, in one
case, a prisoner had two
cellular telephones.
Prison officials say the
prohibited items are
smuggled in hidden in
"intimate" parts of the
body, especially by
women who carry the
contraband items in
their vagina, among
other placed, during
visits as guards are
prohibited to do a
cavity search.
Most Dangerous
Intersection in Costa
Rica
Want to know which is
the most dangerous
intersection in Costa
Rica? The intersection
at the east end of the
San José airport runway,
where traffic from the
Interamericana north,
the airport and Alajuela
meet to head east in the
direction of San José,
across from the Fiesta
Casino. The intersection
is responsible for 11
deaths in the last seven
years and according to
Tránsito (traffic)
officials is the scene
of an average of seven
traffic accidents daily.
The latest accident came
yesterday when a bus had
altercation with a
passenger vehicle,
flipping over and
injuring 32 passengers,
some seriously.
Fortunately there were
no death recorded in
that accident.
Couple Celebrates 50
Years of Marriage Today
A Tirrases couple this
Valentine's Day
celebrates 50 years of
marriage. Lidia Alpízar
and Rafael Ángel Huerta
met in 1957 and were
married on Valentine's
Day in 1958. Compromise
is the couple's secret
for a lasting marriage,
a marriage that the
couple know well is not
very frequent in today's
society. "The first
think in honeymoon and
then comes hell" was
Lidia's description of
today's young couples as
they do not spend enough
time developing respect
and love for each other.
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