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Pay Only What is Stated On the
Menu!
If you have felt cheated when it
comes time to pay your
restaurant, as the final bill is
different from the prices on the
menu, mainly due that the sales
tax and service charge added at
the time of paying, you are in
your right to pay only the price
quoted on the menu.
From left to
right, Miss
Colombia 2007,
Eileen Roca,
Miss Costa Rica
2007, Veronica
Gonzalez, Miss
Panama 2007,
Sorangel Matos,
Miss Guatemala
2007, Alida Boer
Reyes and Miss
El Salvador
2007, Lissette
Rodríguez Alfaro
pose for
photographers in
a beach in the
resort city of
Cancun, Mexico,
Thursday. Mexico
will host the
Miss Universe
2007 pageant on
May 28. |
Costa Ricans in Favour of TLC
Many Costa Ricans support the signing of the
Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) - free trade
agreement with the United States, according to a
poll by CID-Gallup.
Referendum To Be Held on September 23rd
The Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) has set
a date of Sunday 23 September, as the
day that Costa Ricans get to vote on the Tratado
de Libre Comercio (TLC) - free trade agreement
with the United States, Central America and the
Dominican Republic.
Alterra to Continue With Lawsuit Against
Government
Costa Rica's Juan Santamaría (San José)
international airport concessionaire Alterra
Partners has decided to continue with a lawsuit
against the government, Alterra director Mónica
Nagel said.
Taxi
Strike Planned For Next Week
Called Off
The planned taxi strike for next
Tuesday was called off yesterday
after representatives for the
taxi drivers met with the
ministra de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT), Karla
González.
Rejection of US Migratory Policy in Guatemala
With rejection of a hardening of US migratory
policy, a regional meeting on the subject
concluded in Guatemala.
Guatemalan Prison System Collapses
Guatemalaós penitentiary system cannot hold any
more prisoners and lacks the elemental resources
to prevent a crisis, the Ministry of Interior
recognized on Friday.
Pope
and Lula Meet Privately
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva
and Pope Benedict XVI held a private meeting on
Thursday in Bandeirantes Palace in Sao Paulo.
Venezuela nationalizes its largest electricity
company
The Venezuelan government has acquired the
nation's largest private electricity company for
us$836.9 million dollars, a further move toward
the nationalization of the South American
country's strategic industries.
Brazil's Petrobras
finds large gas
reserves
Brazil's state-owned
oil and gas company
Petrobras has
announced the
discovery of more
natural gas reserves
in the Espirito
Santo Basin in the
nation's
southeastern coast.
CUBA:
Children Use Art to
Learn About Hunger
A Cuban child is
drawing a train,
heavily loaded with
emergency food
supplies that are
about to be
airlifted and
dropped into areas
where hunger is just
a normal part of
life. The drawing
will be entered in
an annual
international
competition called "WFP
in Action,"
organised by the
World Food Programme.
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