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No More Power Cuts, Arias
Details Plans For Future
Following almost two weeks of
daily rationing of electrical
power, the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) said the days of power
cuts are over as it said on
Thursday. At least for now.
An enormous
crocodile
- like the one
depicted in the
foto - larger
than 4 metres
(13 feet) in
length grabbed a
hold of 13 year
old Breidy
Escorcia Arriola
(foto inset) and
dragged him
under water
while Breidy's
brother and
friend watched
in horror, near
their house
located in San
Francisco de
Tortuguero,
Limón. [Foto:
María Ester
Rojas/DIARIO
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Crocodile Kills Boy
A crocodile attacked and made
off with a 13-year-old boy on
Friday as he bathed with his
brother in a lagoon.
Banco Nacional Online Customers
Target of Phishing
If you are a customer of the
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BNCR),
be careful to respond to emails
that have surfaced on the
internet requesting that you
click on the link to update your
account or lose access.
Private
Management of Zoos
The Ministry of the Environment
approved that the two state zoos
–Simon Bolivar, downtown San
José, and Santa Ana, west of San
José - remain under the
management of the private Pro
Zoo Foundation (FUNDAZOO).
Lecture to Focus on Costa Rica
trip
Paul McLeod, Conserve School
science teacher, in LAND O'
LAKES, Wisconsin, will
give a lecture on Wednesday, May
16 at 7 p.m. in the school
auditorium on his March trip to
Costa Rica.
UFO
Contactee Coming To Costa Rica
Sixto Paz, who is one of the
most famous contactees in the
world, affirms that he has been
contacted by extraterrestrials
and will soon be in Costa Rica
to relate his experiences in a
discussion forum called "Despertando
la magia del ser interior".
Panama Violence Bill Languishing
A bill to fight violence in
Panama, although marked urgent,
remains at a standstill in
Friday´s second debate in the
National Assembly.
Nicaragua to End Hunger
Nicaraguan authorities are
polishing details for the
launching of the Zero Hunger
Program on Saturday, the
distinctive feature of President
Daniel Ortega s administration,
aimed at addressing poverty.
Nicaragua Advances with
Vaccinations
The national vaccination
campaign initiated by Nicaraguan
authorities is 83 percent
complete, with over one million
103,000 doses administered, the
Ministry of Health confirmed on
Friday.
Guatemalan Candidates Call for
Control
Several Guatemalan presidential
candidates called for the people
to exercise restraint on Friday,
the start of the electoral
campaign, in fear that violence,
dirty tricks or drug trafficking
might tarnish the event.
CARICOM-Central
America Seek Green
Policy
Heads of State of
the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM)
and the Central
American Integration
System (SICA) to
meet here to search
for common policies
to defend the
environment.
RIGHTS-CENTRAL
AMERICA:
Turning Back to a
Murky Past?
Social inequality is
on the rise in
Central America, and
the region is
backsliding with
respect to the
standards set forth
in the American
Convention on Human
Rights, according to
activists and
analysts.
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