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Scotiabank,
as it
prepares
to
complete
its
integration
of Banco
Interfin,
making
it the
largest
private
bank in
the
country,
has
begun a
publicity
campaign
to teach
Costa
Ricans
on the
pronunciation
of its
name.
The
bank's
slogan
is "Our
name is
difficult
to
pronounce,
but we
make
your
life
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How Green
Is My Eco-Hotel?
Unlike in Canada, Costa
Rica and some other countries,
no single U.S. agency or
organization verifies the
credentials of eco-lodging. Nor
are there many guidebooks or
comprehensive directories
devoted to the subject.
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07/07/07: Is This
Your Lucky Day?
Those superstitious
types who freaked out
last year when the
calendar read 06/06/06
will have something to
smile about on the 7th
day of the 7th month,
2007.
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
click
here!
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People Words
Spanish like
English has different names for different people. By learning the words
below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency.
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Sunday 08
July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
"Yellow" Alert For
Central And South
Pacific Areas
The Comisión Nacional de
Emergencias (CNE) -
national emergency
commission - has
declared a "yellow"
alert for the Central
and South Pacific
regions.
Work Crews Working
At Night To Fill Potholes in San José
Work crews of the construction company
Santa Fé will be invading the downtown
core in the early morning hours
repairing in filling in the potholes of
the main streets. The work will be
carried out between 2:00am and 5:00am
for the next two weeks.
Airport Manager Offers
No Solution To Broken
Lights
Since 2004, the lights
guiding airlines into
the Juan Santamaría (San
José) International
airport have been broken
and on foggy nights
flights are diverted to
Nicaragua and Panama, an
inconvenience to
travellers as well as
the airlines.
VP Blames Former
Ambassador For Severance
of Taiwan-Costa Rica
Ties
Aboard a charter plane
to Paraguay, July 6 (CNA)
Republic of China Vice
President Annette Lu
Friday attributed to the
country's former
Ambassador to Costa
Rica, Wu Tzu-dan, the
greatest share of
responsibility for the
severance of diplomatic
relations between the
two countries last
month.
Costa Rica Moves Past
Scotland
BURNABY, B.C. –
Canadian Press -
Jonathan McDonald, whose
name comes from the
Highlands, scored in
injury time Saturday to
give Costa Rica a 2-1
victory over Scotland at
the world under-20
soccer championships.
Proposal To Regulate
Driving Schools Being
Studied
The Comisión de Asuntos
Sociales of the
Legislative Assembly is
studying a proposal to
regulate driving
schools. As it stands
the Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
lacks specific
regulations governing
driving schools and does
not even know how many
schools are in
operation.
Netherlands Threatens to
Withhold Aid to
Nicaragua Over Abortion
Ban
The Dutch minister of
development has warned
the government of
Nicaragua that his
country may withdraw
development assistance
unless Nicaragua changes
its abortion laws, the
Catholic Family and
Human Rights Institute
(C-Fam) reports.
First Bid to Widen
Panama Canal Awarded
The first bid in a
us$5.2 billion dollar
project to widen the
Panama Canal was awarded
on Friday to a
Panamanian company,
Constructora Urbana SA (Cusa),
officials said.
Honduras: Panic Spreads
with Dengue
Reports of dengue cases
in Honduras has markedly
increased over the
weekend, with about
5,000 people infected
from the classic strain,
and over 200 by dengue
hemorrhagic fever,
health authorities
revealed Saturday.
Guatemala for Youth
Olympic Games
Guatemala offered to
host the first Youth
Olympic Games in 2010,
after the idea to
celebrate such event was
approved here.
Cold weather kills 55
children in Peru
Peru's Health Minister
Carlos Vallejos said on
Friday that a wave of
cold snaps has hit most
parts of the country and
killed 55 children under
the age of five.
Click here for the
top stories of the past
week.
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