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Heavy
Rains Continue To Affect Low Lying Areas
Some 130
houses in Belén, Heredia, and another 120 in
Alajuela were flooded yesterday provoked by the
heavy rain.
A resident of
Rohrmoser, an
upper scale
neighbourhood
west of San
José, decided he
had enough
waiting on the
municipality to
fix the potholes
on the street,
and decided to
fix the craters
in front of his
half of the
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Vandals Wreak Havoc On
Cellular Subscribers
Unbelievable, but the residents of the
communities of Vencia, San Francisco, Tinoco and
Villa Briceño de Osa, in the southern part of
the country, are still, nine months later,
without cellular service.
Madonna,
Shaquille and Rocky Are Ticos
We are not talking about those famous
personalities walking around the streets of
Costa Rica, but, rather of a break in tradition
for parents from naming their children from the
traditional José and María, which happen to be
two of the most common names in the country.
Costa
Rica, Nicaragua Closer on Border Issues
The
governments of Costa Rica and Nicaragua
expressed their willingness Saturday to talk on
the bordering dispute of the San Juan River.
China
Oil Refinery Threatens Costa Rica Environment:
Groups
AFP - An
oil refinery would jeopardize Costa Rica's
environment as planned by a Chinese company
known as a polluter, environmental groups said
Saturday.
Stagno
Denies Departure
The
Foreign Minister, Bruno Stagno, yesterday denied
the rumours that have been floating around the
Chancellery, that he is leaving the government.
Daniel
Ortega in Cuba
Nicaragua s President Daniel Ortega started a
working visit to Cuba after a world tour that
took him to Venezuela, Algeria, Libya and Iran.
Nicaragua Takes on Dengue Fever
Nicaragua Health Ministry MINSA urged people to
cooperate with the brigades of sanitation and
fumigation to fight the mosquito transmitter of
dengue fever, to prevent the disease from
spreading.
Guatemalan Women Organizations Threatened
Female
Organizations in Guatemala denounced serious
threats against them for their work in defense
of women s rights.
Honduras
Declares Emergency State
After
three days of severe rain battering the Central
American region, Honduran authorities ordered
one-month emergency state, starting on Saturday.
Salvadorans Oppose Health
Privatization
El
Salvador's unions confirmed their rejection of
possible privatization of public health services
on Friday, which they will express publicly in
the "Marcha Blanca" demonstration today.
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