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Overweight Trucks A
Day Fined On Highways
Transit officials have
decided to get tough on
heavy trucks circulating
the country's highways,
paying close attention
to trucks carrying
overweight loads. Using
mobile weigh stations in
Limón, Guanacaste and
Cartago have already
resulted in the
sanctioning of an
average of 45 trucks
daily.
Nine Telecoms Expected To
Compete For Telephone Service in Costa Rica
Telecommunications companies looking to compete with the state
telecom ICE will get their permits in May or June and then have a
year to set up shop in Costa Rica.
Seguros del Magisterio
To Launch Operations In
April
Costa Rica's Seguros del
Magisterio, the first
authorized competitor of
state-run Instituto
Nacional de Seguros
(INS), plans to launch
operations in about two
months, its president
Santiago Araya said on
Friday.
Customers Demand Taxis
Obligated Use Child
Restraints
Concerned citizens have
been voicing their
concerns to
transportation
authorities to obligate
taxis to use child
restraint seats as well,
a regulation that was
omitted from the new Ley
de Tránsito that goes
into effect later this
year.
Education Minister And His
Long Hair
The ministro de Educación, Leonardo Garnier, says that his hair is a
"registered trademark" and that only his wife is allowed to cut and
trim it, who along with their daughters, decided how long it should
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Some
2.500
invaded
the
first
day of
the
bilingual
job fair
in San
Jose
where
3.500
jobs are
being
offered
by
multinational
companies
like
Amazon,
Avventa
and
Western
Union.
The job
fair
continues
until
tomorrow
at the
old
Fabrica
Nacional
de
Licores
(FANAL). |
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Ticos Invade
Bilingual Job
Fair
More than 2.500 yesterday attended the first day of
the fifth edition of the Feria Bilingüe organized by the Coalición
Costarricense de Iniciativas de Desarrollo (Cinde), where 3.500 jobs
are up for grabs. |
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Panama Canal Won't Alter
Toll Schedule
Panama - The Panama Canal Authority
is sticking to its scheduled May 1 toll increase in the face of
plans by some of the world's largest container lines to route their
vessels the long way around the Central American isthmus.
General Electric
Interested In Stake Of
Colombian Refinery
Bogota - The U.S.
conglomerate General
Electric Co. (GE) is
interested in acquiring
the majority stake in
Colombia's second
largest refinery that is
held by Swiss company
Glencore International
AG, Colombian Trade
Minister Luis Guillermo
Plata said Friday.
Foreign Direct Investments
in Brazil Down 60%
Rio de Janeiro - Foreign direct
investments in Brazil totaled $1.9 billion U.S. dollars in January,
down 60 percent from the $4.8 billion U.S. dollars registered during
the same period last year, the country's Central Bank said Friday.
Ecuador Rejects New EU Bill
On Illegal Immigrants
Quito - The Ecuadoran government has
voiced its opposition to an EU decision to punish employers who hire
undocumented immigrants.
Chilean Ship Loaded With
Gold Sinks In Atlantic
Buenos Aires - A Chilean fishing vessel
loaded with some seven tons of unrefined gold and silver capsized in
a storm in January in Argentine waters of the south Atlantic, the
Argentine authorities said on Friday.
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LATIN AMERICA:
Recession Challenges Fair Trade
The world economic recession is threatening the progress Latin America has made in fair trade. The leaders of this alternative form of exchange are making emergency contacts in order to assess the situation and come up with strategies to confront it.
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Reno
Wind-Turbine Maker Expands to
Costa Rica
Reno-based wind turbine
manufacturer Mariah Power has
expanded onto the international
stage with its first Windspire
installation in Latin America.
ASI Power & Telemetry, a Mariah
Power dealer based in
northwestern Costa Rica, has
installed one of the company’s
propeller-free vertical axis
wind turbines, called a
Windspire, in a
biodiversity-educational park
near Costa Rica’s capital, San
Jose.
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"How
to
Make
Coffee
A
Great
Cup
of
Coffee"
It is very simple to make a
great cup of coffee, you just
need to learn a couple a thing
to move your process from just
an average cup to great. Here
are some tips on how to make
coffee so that you will get the
most enjoyment out of your
gourmet coffee.
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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