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Dear readers, due to our
problems with out internet
service provide, Amnet, as one
or more of their servers were
out, possibly due to the power
problems of yeserday,, we could
not produce our regular edition
and were lat in publishing.
ˇApagon!
Costa Rica fell into darkness
last night shortly after 8:00pm,
cutting electrical power to
every corner in the country for
more than three hours in some
places, when power was restored
to all areas by 11:30pm.
Costa Rica last
night shortly
after 8:00pm.
The black out
continued for
more than three
hours as
electrical
service was
restored in all
parts of the
country by
11:30pm. The
black out is
blamed on a
problem in power
station Arenal,
which provides
the majority of
electrical power
to the county
from its thermal
and
hydroelectric
generators in
Guanacaste. |
Immigration Detects More Than
100 Marriages of Convenience
An unknown number of foreigners
contract a marriage of
convenience to obtain their
legal residence and citizenship
in Costa Rica.
Ticos Eat on Credit
In a campaign to increase to
their customer base, several
credit card issuers in Costa
Rica are offering discounts at
various restaurants if they pay
their meal with plastic.
ICE To Recycle Old Cellular
Phones
Have an old cellular phone that
doesn't work, is too antiquated
or just plain no good and don't
know what to do with it? The
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) will accept
the phone for recycling.
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