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Friday 29 August
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Condemned Priest Will
Continue His Radio
Prayer Program From Jail
After Being Cut Off Thursday
Padre Minor de Jesús
Calvo, the Catholic
church priest who is
behind bars for fraud,
is back on the air,
transmitting live from
the San Sebastián jail
and aired on Radio
Centro.
"Gustav" Makes Itself
Felt in Costa Rica's
Pacific Coast Mainly
"Gustav" which has
affected several
countries in the
Caribbean is making
itself felt in Costa
Rica, mainly the
province of Guancaste,
according to the
national weather
service, the Instituto
Meteorológico Nacional (IMN).
Costa Rican Bishops
Reaffirm Church’s Right
To Educate The Faithful
For Public Life
(CNA).- In a new
directive from the
Bishops’ Conference of
Costa Rica, the Church
has reaffirmed her right
to educate the faithful
in moral and doctrinal
questions so that when
they intervene in public
life, they do so in a
way that is consistent
with their faith.
Gas Price Increase
Tonight Is Pure Tax On
Fuels
The price increase of
gasoline that takes
effect at midnight
tonight is not due to
international prices or
the exchange rate or
anything but an increase
of the tax on gasoline.
Pregnant Women Cannot Be
Jailed For Failure To
Pay Support
The Sala IV or
Constitutional Court has
ruled that women who are
required to pay
'support' cannot use
pregnancy as an excuse
to evade their
commitment.
Wal-Mart Offers
Customers Free Pizza
Tomorrow
Pizza lovers listen up,
Wal-Mart is offering you
the chance to take part
in enjoying the first
ever "hiperpizza" event
at its Hipermás store in
Cartago.
"Regular Plus" Gasoline
Available Next Week
Come
Wednesday, drivers can
begin to fill their tank
with "regular plus", a
higher octane regular
gasoline that will be
available at all
gasoline stations around
the country.
Bush To Welcome Panama's
Torrijos Sept 17
WASHINGTON - US
President George W. Bush
will welcome Panama
President Martin
Torrijos on September 17
for talks on efforts to
expand US trade with
Latin America, the White
House said Thursday.
Honduras: US Defends
Terror, Posada
HAVANA - Honduras
President Manuel Zelaya
accused the United
States of defending
terrorists and not
trying Luis Posada
Carriles, an ex CIA
agent with extensive
criminal actions.
Colombia Drug Trafficker
Assets Go to State
BOGOTA - The Higher
Court of Bogota
delivered the personal
assets of renowned drug
trafficker Juan Carlos
Ramirez Abadia (Chupeta)
to the Colombian
government Thursday, in
what it is considered a
historical decision.
Chavez Debunks Venezuela
Opposition
CARACAS -The Venezuelan
government dismantled an
unsuccessful media
campaign carried out by
opposition sectors in a
bid to destroy the
Revolution in this South
American country.
Ecuador Bans Public
Servants From Campaign
For Constitution
Referendum
QUITO - Ecuador on
Thursday prohibited its
government employees
from participating in
any campaign for next
month's referendum on
the country's new
constitution.
VENEZUELA:
Yukpa Indians Clash with
Ranchers and Soldiers
"The army's rifles
should be used to
protect Venezuela or its
people, not to fire over
our heads," Sabino
Romero, the young deputy
"cacique" (chief) of the
Yukpa community of
Chaktapa, complained to
reporters, describing
the behaviour of the
armed forces in the
northwestern mountains
of Perijá, near the
Colombian border.
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