Overview of the 39th
Orchid Exposition 2010 held every year in Naranjo. The exposition gathers an incredible collection of Costa Rican native and introduced orchid species. The exposition is organized by the Asociacion Naranjeña de Orquideologia. [Foto:
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Costa Rica Infant Mortality Rate Down In
2009, Lowest In 59 Years
The study reveals that
ten infants less died in 2009 over 2008,
giving Costa Rica the lowest infant
mortality rate in the last 59 years.
120.000 Plastic
Bottles
Recovered in The
Cleaning Up The
Virilla On
Saturday
Saturday, more
than 300
volunteers took
part in the
second edition
of the "clean up
the Virilla
river" program,
collecting some
120.000 plastic
bottles from the
river that is
being called the
most polluted in
Central America.
Now with FREE
International Text Messaging
Internal Traffic
Affairs Unit
Lacks Resources
And Manpower To
Investigate
Crooked Traffic
Cops
The Ley de
Tránsito
(traffic law)
calls for harsh
sanctions
against crooked
traffic cops,
that can see
being removed
from their posts
in months
instead of years
before the new
law went into on
March 1, 2010.
Hottest April In 17 Years!
This month is the hottest April in the last
17 years, says the Instituto Meteorológico
Nacional (IMN). But, we really didn't need
the IMN to tell us that, for the heat could
be felt by everyone and without consulting a
thermometer or looking up the weather
reports.
Cantón Alfaro
Ruiz Is Now
Cantón Zarcero
The cantón de
Alfaro Ruiz is
now called
Zarcero. The
name change was
made during the
95th year of the
founding of the
town. The name
change has
generated a
variety of
reactions from
the community.
100.000 Without
Water On
Saturday
More than
100.000 people
were without
water and some
without
electricity on
Saturday, as the
Fuerza y Luz
(power and light
company) carried
out maintenance
work on its
power lines,
cutting off
power to the
Puente de Mulas
pumping station
that provided
water to the
communities of
Escazú,
Alajuelita and
Desamparados.
Alajuelita
Rotonda To Be
Closed
Completely
Tonight
The Alajuelita
rotonda will be
completely
closed off
tonight
beginning at 9pm
and until 5am
Monday.
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