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Cellular
Phone Lines Sell Out Like Hot
Cakes
The lines for the 40.000
cellular telephone lines that
went on sale yesterday began
early in the morning and reports
say that by 11am most of the
lines at the small and large
shops were already taken up,
selling like the proverbial
hotcakes.
If legislator
José Manuel
Echandi, del
Partido Unión
Nacional (PUN)
has his way,
soon all
motorcyclists
will have to
wear vests with
the plate number
printed. The
measure is to
easily identify
those who use
motorcycles to
commit crimes.
Based on figures
by the
Ministerio de
Seguridad
Pública, 60% of
all crimes in
the country
involve a
motorcycle. The
idea comes from
Colombia where
the measures
greatly
decreased the
large number of
crimes and
settlement of
scores using a
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Recope Asks For More
Gasoline Price Hikes
Notwithstanding a
decision by the Sala
Constitucional or Sala
IV (Constitutional
Court) that would end
the automatic
calculation of gasoline
prices, that has
temporarily stopped the
approved increase on
super gasoline prices
that were to go into
effec this week, the
Refinadora Costarricense
de Petróleo (Recope),
has made a request to
the Autoridad Reguladora
de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep), for
an increase of ¢16
colones in the price of
a litre of regular
gasoline.
Two
Earthquakes Shook Costa Rica Yesterday
Two earthquakes shook and rattled residents
yesterday, the first occurring at 9:58 a.m. and
the second at 12.41pm.
ICE
Expects Garabito Tender in September
Costa Rica's state monopoly on electrical power,
the Institutio Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) September plans to relaunch bidding to
build the Garabito (Jacó) thermo project,
according to an ICE official.
Discovery Health
To Focus on Costa Rica
This week a producer for the Discovery Channel
was in Costa Rica and soon the millions will
come to know some of the beauty that Costa Rica
has to offer.
Lapa
Rios Ecolodge Honored as a Sustainable
Standard-Setter
Lapa Rios Ecolodge, a high end, eco-conscious
resort in Costa Rica, has been honored as a 2007
Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setter by the
highly respected Rainforest Alliance
organization at its 20th anniversary gala in New
York City.
Porteadores in Support of TLC
Porteadores, the informal taxi drivers, took the
streets yesterday, not in a show of protest
against their continuing conflict with the
formal taxis, but rather to show their support
for the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the United States.
Nicaraguans OK Canadian Electricity Venture
The Sandinista government of Nicaragua gave a
vote of confidence by renewing contract to the
Canadian company Polaris Energy on a geothermic
electricity project.
Thousands of Children Work in Panama
More than 50,000 children and adolescents
currently work in Panama, in a situation of
economic exploitation, most of them in
agriculture and services, The International
Labor Organization (ILO) revealed.
Guatemala May Sway Whale Vote
Although Guatemala is not a whaling country, its
vote may be decisive for the future of these
mammals, explained representatives of national
and international ecologic organizations.
Brazil, Chile May Join OECD
Brazil and Chile may join the Organization of
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Colombian Congress
Members Subpoenaed
The Colombian Supreme
Court s Criminal Court
summoned half of the
members of the House
Accusation Committee
(eight Congress people)
to declare about alleged
irregularities in their
duties.
ENVIRONMENT-CUBA:
From Dump to Growing
Garden
When Irania Martínez
said she would make that
rubbish dump productive,
people said she was
crazy. Today the
greenery, hundreds of
trees and sense of order
that reigns in the place
confirm that she is in
her right mind, and the
project is a model that
could spread all over
the country.
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