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Friday 24 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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road report by the
Policía de Tránsito,
Major Projects In Costa
Rica Put On Hold As
Credit Crunch Bites
The global credit crunch
is affecting the
emerging property market
in Costa Rica with a
number of development
projects being put on
hold. Many large hotel
projects in Costa Rica
are financed by US
banks.
Liberia Airport Has
New Manger
The Daniel Oduber
airport in Liberia,
Guanacaste, will get an
infusion of some us$35
million dollars by
Coriport S.A. a
consortium of five
companies that will be
responsible for the
expansion and management
of the airport.
Racsa Under Attack By
Email Spammers
Had problems receiving
emails yesterday? The
Radiográfica
Costarricense S.A. (Racsa),
said the system
collapsed Wednesday
night and until the
early hours of Thursday
morning, following an
increased volume of
emails received from
outside Costa Rica.
Private Sector Employees
To Get 7% Pay Hike
Private sector employees
could get a 7% pay hike
starting January with
the approval of the
bi-annual salary
adjustment by the
Consejo Nacional de
Salarios (National
Salary Council).
DIRECTV Mas Launches
Telecentro
In an effort to continuously provide a comprehensive and high-quality
programming lineup for
the Latino community in
the U.S., DIRECTV Mas,
DIRECTV's Spanish- and
English-language
programming service, has
launched Telecentro, a
Central American
Spanish-language channel
that offers 24-hour
news, entertainment and
sports programming from
the best-known TV
channels from El
Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Costa Rica,
Nicaragua and Panama.
The Interamericana Sur
Remains Opened
The Consejo Nacional de
Vialidad (Conavi)
decided to suspend the
complete closure of the
Interamericana Sur that
was to have been from
6am this morning to 5am
Sunday to install a
sewer pipe in the area
known as La Cangreja at
kilometre 36.
Panama Cell Phones Face
More Competition
PANAMA - Two
companies will enter
soon the cell telephony
market in Panama,
placing the sector in a
position, from which
more competence is
expected to maintain the
status in that business.
5 Bomb Explosions Injure
11 in Colombia's Capital
BOGOTA - Five bomb
explosions injured at
least 11 people in the
Colombian capital of
Bogota on Thursday,
where a workers' strike
was underway, police
said.
Cuba, EU Re-Establish
Cooperative Ties
HAVANA - Cuban Foreign
Minister Felipe Perez
Roque and European
Commissioner of
Development and
Humanitarian Aid, Louis
Michel, signed a
declaration on Thursday
to restore the bilateral
cooperation at the
headquarters of the
Cuban Foreign Ministry
in Havana.
Venezuela to Launch
Venesat I Satellite
CARACAS - The launch of
Simon Bolivar Venesat I
Satellite, a Venezuelan
communication satellite
for the development of
communications and other
sectors, seems to be
going in a direction of
creating a South
American and Caribbean
space agency.
Sao Paulo Police on
Strike
BRAZIL - Union
representatives of Sao
Paulo police agents in
Brazil rejected Thursday
a state government
proposal and reported
they would continue on
strike.
HONDURAS:
President Clashes
with Traditional Elites
Some sectors of
Honduras’s social and
leftist movement, labour
unions and other popular
organisations are caught
up in a revolutionary
reverie fruit of
President Manuel
Zelaya’s strong ties
with his Venezuelan
counterpart Hugo Chávez.
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