Paper Replaces
Plastic For
Bread At
Bakeries
Next time you
buy bread at
your local
bakery don't be
surprised the
bag inside is
filled with your
favourite bread
and the outside
filled without
advertising,
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52%
Of Vehicles Fail Required Vehicular
Inspection In Costa Rica
More than half - 52% in fact - of the
vehicles that enter the required Riteve
inspection station fail the test, according
to the inspection service.
Costa Rica Gets New
¢20.000 Note In
July, ¢50.000 To
Follow
The Banco
Central de Costa
Rica - Central
Bank - on
Tuesday unveiled
the new ¢20.000
and ¢50.000
notes that will
be in
circulation in
July 2010.
Now with FREE
International Text Messaging
ILWU
Urges Action to
Help Costa Rica
Dock Workers
The
International
Longshore and
Warehouse Union
(ILWU) is
calling on the
United States
government to
take immediate
action to stop
Costa Rica’s
attack on
SINTRAJAP, that
country’s dock
workers union.
Costa Rica To
Get $300M IDB
Loan
Costa Rica’s
government has
given permission
for a US$300
million
Inter-American
Development Bank
(IDB) loan to
help finance
highway projects
throughout the
country,
BNamericas
reports.
Traspaso De
Poderes May 8
Some 300 people are busy working in the La
Sabana park, readying the stage, seating and
public gallery for the May 9 "traspaso de
poderes" (transfer of power) from Oscar Aria
to Laura Chinchilla.
Costa Rica's Own
Surfos Mag
Collects Latin
Surf Award
Surfersvillage
Global Surf News
- Costa Rican
surf magazine
Surfos received
the 'Best Latin
American Surf
Magazine' award
as part of the
Latin Surf
Awards given by
the Latin
American
Association of
Surfing
Professionals
(ALAS). They've
won this same
award for 2008
and 2009.
Former President
Calderón Requests Removal Of Judge In His
Appeal
Former president Rafael Ángel Calderón,
convicted last October to 5 years in prison
for two counts of embezzlement has now
requested the disqualification of
magistrate, José Manuel Arroyo, all part of
his appeal and actions to stay out of jail.
No Hike In
Riteve Rate
Autoridad
Reguladora de
los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep)
closed the file
on the request
by Riteve SyA,
the vehicular
inspection
service, for a
100% increase in
its rates.
Man Wins
Overtime Lawsuit
A former
employee of a
mechanic's
garage won the
right to be
compensated
after he was
fired for
refusing to work
overtime. The
man was fired in
2005.
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Gray Powell—a North Carolina
State University 2006 graduate
and talented amateur
photographer—is an Apple
Software Engineer working on the
iPhone Baseband Software, the
little program that enables the
iPhone to make calls. A dream
job for a talented engineer like
Powell, an Apple fan who always
wanted to meet Steve Jobs.
