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Low Salaries Leaves Police
Officers Living Burdened With
Debt
A study by the Ministerio de
Seguridad Pública shows that the
country's police officials are
up to their eyeballs in debts,
some many spending as much as
90% of the salaries to pay their
debts. The desire to purchase
appliances, cellular phones and
other consumer goods, means an
overburden of debt.
The Volcán
Turrialba has
been keeping
seismologists
and
volcanologists
busy this week
when the volcano
was the cause of
an earthquake
registering 2.0
on the Richter
scale earlier
this week. The
volcano has been
spewing gases
with more
frequency this
past week and is
being closely
monitored by the
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ICE Employees Get Pay Raise
The Consejo Directivo del
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - board of
directors of the state telecom
monopoly - yesterday approved a
salary hike of between 1% and
30% for all its employees. The
median average is of 10.5% and
will go into effect tomorrow,
according to a news release by
the Institution.
Finger Pointing On the Pirate
Taxi Issue Continues
A plan to fine big "taxistas
piratas" (pirate taxis) has
failed. The Autoridad Reguladora
de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
has only approved fines one in
twenty cases brought before it.
San José Airport Will Soon Have
A Bigger Immigration Area
Visitors to the Juan Santamaría
(San José) airport will soon
have a new immigration lounge
that is bigger and can handle
more traffic, reducing the long
lines that sometimes wears thin
the patience of arriving
visitors and nationals alike.
Positive Outlook
Tourism sector sources said that
the sector is optimistic about
an increase of visitors during
the low season...
Monday Is
A Holiday
A reminder that tomorrow,
Monday, April 16, is a legal
holiday in Costa Rica and that
all government offices, agencies
and banks will be closed.
Gang Policy in Central America
The growing power of Central
American gangs, known as "maras",
might pave the way for a
phenomenon similar to that of
Colombia, where the tentacles of
drug trafficking have reached
the highest political circles.
Ecuador to Say Yes for Assembly
Less than twenty-four hours
before the referendum, the
Ecuadorian government showed
optimism on Saturday with the
population s support of a
Constituent Assembly.
Argentina's economy minister
optimistic about growth
Argentina's Minister of Economy
and Production Felisa Miceli
said she was optimistic about
Argentine economic growth, media
reports said here on Saturday.
11 foreign
hikers missing in Chile's
southern mountain range
Eleven foreign hikers were
reported missing on the Puyehue
volcano in southern Chile's
Decima region, police said
Friday.
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