Intelligent Traffic Lights Get
the Green Light
The Contraloría General de la
República (Comptrollers office)
gave the green light to the
Consejo de Seguridad Vial (Cosevi)
for the purchase, installation
and maintenance of "intelligent"
traffic lights that are to be
part of San José at a cost of
us$4.7 million dollars.
School children from
Liberia, Guanacaste,
visit the facilities of
Astra Rocket space lab
whose mission is
to develop the Variable
Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) plasma
engine technology that will
reduce space travel time, headed
by former NASA
astronaut Franklin
Chang. |
Nicaragua Denounces Costa Rica
to IACHR
Nicaragua charged Costa Rica
with xenophobia and
discrimination against
immigrants at the 125th OAS
Inter-American Human Rights
Commission in session in
Guatemala.
Internet Casino CEO Says
Industry Not Threatened by U.S.
Crackdown
San José, Costa Rica (AP) -
Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre,
founder and CEO of Internet
casino Bodog.com, said the
arrest of a U.S. online gambling
executive will not threaten his
industry and his business will
operate as usual.
Milena’s Kids Focus On Burial,
Not Life in U.S.
The remains of Milena Del Valle,
the tunnel collapse victim who
was robbed of her life by the
tragic blunders of the us$14.6
billion Big Dig, arrived in her
native Costa Rica last night as
loved ones prepared to bury her
in her homeland.
Cause of Death Yet To Be
Determined, Authorities Focus on
Husband
The funeral for Maureen Hidalgo
was yesterday, the public
defender whose body was found at
the side of the road near Rio
Grande, on the route to Atenas,
however, the Fiscalía
(prosecutor's office) is
continuing its investigation,
focusing on the husband.
Racsa's
Internet Rates Coming Down
The Radiográfica Costarricense (Racsa)
announced yesterday that it too
will be reducing internet
connection rates by about 50% to
match the rates for the Acelera
service provided by the
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE).
Nicaraguans Distrust Observers,
Says Ortega
With Nov 5 elections looming,
Sandinista National Liberation
Front former president and
presidential candidate Daniel
Ortega advised Nicaraguans on
Tuesday not to trust electoral
observers.
Panama Canal: New Stage in
History
Almost three months after its
proposal, the modernization of
the Panama Channel Zone is as of
now a formal bill and center of
a referendum to determine its
destination.
Panama Prepares for Fourth
Referendum
Preparations for the fourth
national referendum in Panama on
Oct 22, this time for the
extension of the Canal, were
started Tuesday by the Electoral
Court (TE), with an allotment of
nearly eight million dollars.
Dengue Still a Threat in El
Salvador
Salvadoran health authorities
decreed a yellow alert Tuesday
due to a possible new dengue
outbreak, and confirmed 289
cases of infection have been
reported so far.
Japanese
Navy Trains in Honduras
Three ships of the Japanese Navy
are participating exercises in
the Honduran Caribbean, which is
considered a sample of Japanese
naval power in the region.
RIGHTS:
Int'l
Campaign Launched Against U.S.
"Torture School"
GENEVA, (IPS) - Peace
activists from the
non-governmental School of the
Americas Watch (SOAW) will tour
Chile, Peru and Ecuador in
August to persuade the
governments of those countries
not to send any more military
personnel to the training centre
in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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