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Thursday 08 January 2009, San José, Costa
Rica
ICE Says It Does NO
Longer Needs Approval To
Raise Telephone Rates
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - the
state telecom - has
given itself a 10% raise
in telephone rates, in
both fixed and cellular
lines, without the
approval of the state
regualtory agency, the
Autoridad Reguladora de
los Servicios Públicos (Aresep).
Organized
Crime Works As A
Corporation
Drug
trafficking, trafficking of
people, car-stealing
bands and swindlers are
businesses handled by
organized crime groups
working as enterprises,
said
Francisco Segura, sub-director of the
Organismo de
Investigacion Judicial (OIJ).
AdiósTo Paper License
Plates
Obtaining a metal
license plate in Costa
Rica is no longer a
process of waiting for
up 60 days or more, as
the Registro Nacional
streamlines its system
and eliminates the paper
"temporary" plates that
have been a problem for
police for some time.
Alcatel Says 'No Thanks'
to Middlemen
Alcatel-Lucent’s new
boss Ben Verwaayen is
cutting back on the use
of outside consultants
to secure customer
deals, a practice that
has gotten
Alcatel-Lucent and some
other companies into
trouble when middlemen
were found to have paid
bribes in foreign
countries.
Ethical Travelers Lists
Costa Rica In World's
Ten Best Ethical
Destinations for 2008
Ethical Traveler, the
first grass-roots
alliance uniting
adventurers, tourists,
travel agencies, and
outfitters — everyone
who loves to travel, and
sees travel as a
positive force in the
world - lists Costa Rica
number five in the
world's top ten best
ethical destinations.
4.0 Quake Shakes San
José
The first noticeable
quake of 2009 with a
tremor registering 4.0
on the Richter scale was
felt in San José and the
Central Valley Wednesday
morning.
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Panamanian Workers
Protest For More Pay
Panama - A group of
workers from the Social
Security Cashbox (CSS)
of Panama on Wednesday
protested on the main
avenue of Panama city,
demanding higher pay.
Social Projects for
Rural Nicaragua
Managua - Over 16,000
Nicaraguan families will
benefit this year from
social programs being
enforced by the
Sandinista government in
rural areas to secure
vegetables, milk, meat
and egg production.
FARC Accepts Presence of
Red Cross in Hostage
Release
Bogota - Colombian
rebels accepted on
Wednesday the presence
of a mission from the
International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC)
in the release process
of six hostages.
Communities Back
Re-election in Venezuela
Caracas - Followers of
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez established
57,725 committees in
favor of a
Constitutional amendment
allowing for continuous
re-election in public
office.
Bolivians Training For
Referendum
More than 130,000
Bolivians to become
electoral juries receive
training to supervise
the constitutional
referendum to take place
on Jan. 25.
CUBA:
Racism - "Taboo,
Complicated and Thorny"
Issue
he persistence of racism
in Cuba is disturbing to
some of the island's
thinkers, who are
calling for a debate on
the problem in this
country, where equal
rights have not
guaranteed equal
opportunities for all
social groups.
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