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WORLD CUP SOCCER:
03
days to go!
"See La Fanatica" here!
Stolen Police Arsenal Recovered
The firearms that were stolen
from the Guácimo police station
last week appeared yesterday,
buried in the ground several
metres away from the principal
suspect in the disappearance
that left police officials
bewildered as someone had
completed emptied the stations
arms storage.
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Ministro de Seguridad
Pública, Fernando
Berrocal, holds one of
the 16 M-16 rifles
stolen from the Guácimo
police station last week
and recovered yesterday
after the night watch
officers led
investigators to where
he had buried them.
Minister Berrocal
praised the action of
his officials in
ensuring that the guns
would not leave the area
and fall into the hands
of anti-socials. [Foto:
Iván Meza Kawas]
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Unions
Asking for 8.8% Salary Increase
For Private Sector Workers
It is that time of year again, a
time for salary increases. The
government increases public
sector salaries twice a year and
as such unions for private
sector employees customarily ask
for increases as well.
Consumers Recover Confidence
With the inauguration of
President Oscar Arias, a
recovery in consumers'
confidence was recorded by a
survey of the Opinion Studies
Center of the University of
Costa Rica.
The End of The World is Near.
Truth or Fiction?
Today is 060606. To some it also
mean 666 or the "Number of the
Beast".
WORLD
CUP SOCCER:
Costa Rica World Cup History
In
only three days the Costa Rica
national team faces Germany in
the opening game of the 2006
World Cup. For Costa Rica this
is the 3rd World Cup appearance,
which is currently a record.
Government to Examine Panama
Canal Bid
President Martin Torrijos´
Cabinet is expected to look into
the controversial Panama Canal
Authority proposal to enlarge
the Panama Canal, so it can be
discussed next week by the
National Assembly.
Factory Law Robs Guatemala
Millions
The Guatemalan government stops
receiving as of Monday about
$400 million per year, due to an
obsolete law still in force that
give extraordinary tax benefits
to assembly plants.
Guatemala Campesinos still
Protest
More than 100 campesino
families, who have been
occupying the Central Park in
Guatemala City since the last
week, expressed their
willingness to continue
protesting despite the series of
health problems suffered by some
demonstrators.
Alan Garcia: 68th Peru President
Although the official
proclamation will be in a few
days, Alan Garcia, of the
Peruvian Aprista Party, is
Tuesday the 68th president-elect
of Peru.
Morales: Cuban Doctors Will Stay
in Bolivia!
Cuban doctors working in Bolivia
will remain on Bolivian soil as
long as Evo Morales is the
president, President Evo Morales
said, reasserting his gratitude
for Cuban cooperation in
Bolivia.
Chile
Students Fierce over Reforms
After a national strike that
left hundreds of people arrested
and many others hurt, Chilean
students are deciding Tuesday
the future of their protests
demanding reforms in the
education policy.
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA:
Some Hits,
Some Misses on Int'l Report
Cards
The
Colombian government was able to
soften an International Labour
Organisation (ILO) sanction
proposed to address the
country's continued situation of
impunity regarding the murder of
dozens of trade unionists and
workers, but it bore the full
brunt of another multilateral
body's harsh criticism of the
toll that the country's armed
conflict is taking on children.
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