The
Week in Review: 10 - 15 February 2003
From
the Daily News! |
World's first cloned sheep put to death
Dolly the sheep, the world's first mammal
cloned from an adult, was put to death after being diagnosed with progressive
lung disease, her creators from the Roslin Institute said on Friday.
Ex-minister of justice Jose Miguel
Villalobos, seems to be looking for a political party again. After being a
member of the Liberation party (PLN), and then an "abelista" in the
Social Christian party (PUSC), now confesses to be very close Ottón Solis.
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10.5 percent devaluation
Two local firms dedicated to economic
analysis - CEFSA and Ecoanalisis - agreed in estimating the devaluation of the
Costa Rican currency, the colon, as compared to the dollar, by 10.5 percent by
the end of the year, a percentage similar to that registered in 2002.
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Congress activities little known
In nine months, the deputies to the
Legislative Assembly - the Congress of Costa Rica - have held 137 sessions;
however, almost 70 percent of the respondents to a Unimer-La Nacion poll do not
rate the performance of the chamber, because they admit they do not know what
the congressmen actually do.4
Villalobos
Investors Proceed to ICSID International Arbitration against the Republic of
Costa Rica
Investors
of Luis Enrique and Osvaldo Villalobos have hired CAIN
LAMARRE CASGRAIN WELLS, s.e.n.c. (CLCW), a large law firm with an
international law department to represent the investors in ICSID
International Arbitration in a case against the Republic of Costa Rica.
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ARESEP,
the regulating authority, yesterday approved the increase in gasoline as
requested by RECOPE, the national refinery.
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Ex-president Jose Maria Figueres did not
deny his interest in the presidential re-election
The
ex-president is visiting the country and Tuesday evening met with his party,
National
Liberation or the green party.
Some of the topics of discussion were the modernization of the party, the future of the country and the economic
situation of the same, but without a doubt, what caused the most commotion most
was his declarations about of the presidential re-election.
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Gaming Outlook
Costa Rica, has reaped the rewards of the
Internet gambling industry by processing millions of dollars of mostly US bets
each day. Sports books began setting up in Costa Rica in 1996, but now the
government is threatening to take a slice of the pie through new fees or taxes.
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Police Still Can't Directly Man to Murder of
Girl
Last week, police stopped a man suspect of being the rapist of the little girl
in Tres Rios. Based on a profile, police do not discard the man's ties to the
death of Emma Elizabeth Góngora, mudered in a coffee plantation.
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Drunk Driver Runs Over Three Minors
The young people Pedro Valverde Maple, Manuel
Espinoza - both 17 years of age and Red Caesar Ureña 15 years old, were run
over by a drunk driver in the outskirts of their house in San Juan de
Desamparados. 1
More than 150 Casino Employees fired
The new tax law passed recently and
approved by the legislature has caused 150
lay offs in San José casinos.
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Back to School Today!
Today begins the new school year for almost
1.000.000 students, though most will not be attending classes today. The 2003
school year will comprise 205 days, up from 174 from previous years and the
government was able to find the financing required for the extended period.
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Attempted
Looting of Tombs in the General Cemetery
At dawn this Sunday several thieves tried to loot
two tombs in the General Cemetery. They waited for the opportune time as the
guards made their regular rounds of the cemetery, nevertheless, they were not
successful. 0
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