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New
Breathalyzer Unit Goes in Use
Tonight
Today is the day for the "big
game" - the annual classic
confrontation between the
Deportivo Saprissa and the Liga
Deportiva Alajuelense. For the
IInstituto Nacional de Seguros
(INS) and the Policía de
Tránsito, it will be a big day
as well.
With only four shopping
days to go to Christmas,
this group of young
ladies eagerly wait
last minute shoppers on Avenida Central. |
No
Christmas Party For Legislators
The government in showing its
policy of restraint of waste of
public funds announced yesterday
that Legislators will not have
their annual party, where food
and liquor, costing millions of
colones, go to waste, ending a
tradition of the past
legislatures.
IDB Approves us$20 Million Loan
Aus $20 million loan from the
Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB) will support a program to
promote sustainable tourism in
protected wilderness areas in
Costa Rica, the IDB has
announced.
Jamaica to Play Friendly Against
Costa Rica
Hernan Medford will make his
debut as manager of Costa Rica
when the Ticos play Jan. 31 or
Feb. 4 against Jamaica, which
will play its first game under
new coach Bora Milutinovic.
Former Alcatel Executive Is
Indicted for Alleged Bribes to
Costa Rican Officials
A federal grand jury in Miami
has indicted a former Alcatel
executive on charges related to
making corrupt payments to Costa
Rican officials in order to
obtain a mobile telephone
contract from the state-owned
telecommunications authority, in
violation of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (FCPA), the
Department of Justice announced
today.
Gas Hike
in Effect
As announced last week, the
Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
approved a hike in the price of
regular and super gasolines of
¢12 colones per litre.
IDB Ready to Work with
Sandinista Govt
Inter American Development Bank
(IDB) president, Luis Alberto
Moreno, assured here Tuesday
that the entity will give
credits to the Sandinist
government assuming power next
January 10.
U.S. Embassy in El Salvador
receives bomb threat
The United States Embassy in El
Salvador on Tuesday received a
warning about a bomb in its
precinct, according to reports
reaching here.
Bolivia Assembly Approaches Deal
Bolivia s Constituent Assembly
is resuming its sessions on
Wednesday amid a more relaxed
atmosphere between the
government and the opposition,
following an agreement signed
yesterday on the voting method.
Right-wing Chilean lawmakers
seek to build monument for
Pinochet
Deputies from two right-wing
parties in Chile's congress
tabled a bill on Tuesday to
build three monuments for late
Gen. Agustin Pinochet Ugarte,
the country's former president .
Chile
Group Says Close Guantanamo
About 420 people from 35
countries are imprisoned in the
US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, without being declared
guilty of any crime at all,
Chilean International Amnesty
(IA) denounced Wednesday.
HEALTH:
'Children
Are the Hope of the World' Says
Che's Daughter
Aleida Guevara March has the
eyes of her famous father, the
revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che"
Guevara. She speaks
energetically, as if she is
attempting to convince a full
auditorium of her ideas. But she
also smiles tenderly as she
remembers her father.
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