New ICE Reform Bill Ready For
Rebate, President Arias Says
Costa Rica's President Oscar
Arias is ready to send to the
legislative assembly his amended
version of the former
government's bill outlining
reform measures for state
telecommunications monopoly
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE), the Spanish
language daily La Nación
reported.
About 50 residents from
Los Guido de
Desamparados camped out
outside the home of
President Arias in
Rohrmoser to protest the
inaction by the
government to help them
after they were
dislodged from their
homes two years ago and
efforts to relocate them
have failed. Carla
Loaiza, leader of the
group said that they
plan to live on the
Boulevard until their
demands are heard. [Foto:
ICR] |
Gasoline Price Drop Approved
Gasoline prices are finally
coming down with the approval
yesterday by the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep) that will
reduce the price of a litre of
super gasoline by ¢17 colones
and ¢20 colones for regular.
Costa Rica: Respect for Cuban
Sovereignty
Carlos Morales, one of the most
outstanding Costa Rican
journalists Tuesday asserted
that "free men have the
obligation to be with Cuba" to
face the hostile plans by the US
President George W. Bush.
Arias Tenure Positive for 44% in
Costa Rica
Many adults in Costa Rica are
satisfied with their president,
according to a poll by
CID-Gallup. 44 per cent of
respondents rate the performance
of Óscar Arias Sánchez as good
or very good.
Credit Ratings To Commence in
October
Beginning on October 9, both
private and state banks, mutuals,
savings co-operatives and
financial services companies
will have the ability to rate
their customers based on their
payment on loans for the last
sixty months.
Up to 600
Electrical Meters Stolen Each
Month
stealing electrical meters has
intensified in an alarming way
and the Compañía Nacional de
Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) in concerned
at the report of between 15 and
20 reports a day, which comes to
between 450 and 600 stolen
meters per month.
Nicaraguan Congress Tackles
Energy Crisis
Nicaragua's National Assembly
convened an extraordinary
session to address the severe
domestic energy deficit that
could lead to a social
explosion.
Panama Presents Gun Control Bill
To fight the wave of violence
gripping Panama, currently 340
cases a year in a population of
3.19 million, legislators plan
to announce details of a bill
Tuesday to control handguns and
weapons of war in the country.
Mining Concessions under
Revision in Honduras
Over 500 mining concessions are
being revised countrywide due to
deficiencies found in many of
them, Minister of Natural
Resources and Environment of
Honduras, Mayra Mejia, said.
Government and Opposition Reach
Agreement
The Salvadorian Government and
the opposition on Tuesday
reached their first agreement on
fiscal and budgetary policy,
after a dispute over an eventual
authorization of millions of
dollars in loans from
international organizations.
John Beverley: US
Aggression on Cuba
would be Criminal
US researcher and
literary critic John
Beverley considers
the idea of his
country´s military
intervention in Cuba
to be inadmissible
and a criminal goal.
ECUADOR:
Eruption Exposes
Indigenous Poverty
While the Tungurahua
volcano, 150
kilometres south of
Quito, has literally
masked its vicinity
in thick ash, the
eruption has exposed
Ecuador's
vulnerability to
natural disasters
and the extreme
poverty in which the
majority of this
Andean country's
indigenous
communities live.
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