No, pictured are not the rocks faces falling on the San José - Caldera, but, rather the peaks of the Chirripó that could be declared a national symbol following an initiative by the Comisión Especial de Turismo. The
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Costa Rica's
Prison
Overpopulation A
Serious Problem
With No Easy
Solutions
The rise in
crime and the
efforts by
police to combat
it has meant an
overpopulation
of Costa Rica's
jail, that has
become a serious
problem and one
that is being
tackled by the
Costa Rica's
ombudswoman,
Ofelia
Taitelbaum.
Costa Rica's
Consumer
Confidence On
The Rise
The sounds of
the cash
registers
spurred by
consumer
confidence meant
an increase of
almost four
thousand new
jobs for the
first four
months of 2010
in the retail
sector.
Stay in Touch! Rental
GSM & 3G Phones, Data & SIM Cards, Prepaid
Phones & SIM Cards.
Led by Costa
Rica, Central
American
Insurance
Premiums Up 8.1%
As a region,
Central American
(including
Panama)
insurance
premiums rose
8.1% when
comparing the
first quarters
of 2010 to the
same period of
2009, totaling
us$529 million
during the first
quarter of 2010.
Racsa Close To
Breaking Away
From Its Parent
ICE
The possibility
of the
Radiográfica
Costarricense
S.A. (Racsa)
breaking away
from its parent,
the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad
(ICE), may be
around the
corner, with the
call by
Presidenta Laura
Chinchilla, to a
meeting of
representatives
of bot companies
for next week.
Riteve Accepting
Old Tires
Disposing
properly of used
tires can help
prevent the
spread of
Dengue, as used
tires are a five
star hotel for
the Aedes
aegypti mosquito
who are known to
thrive in pools
of water and
discarded
containers.
Dengue fever and
dengue
hemorrhagic
fever are acute
febrile diseases
which occur in
the tropics and
can be
life-threatening.
Autopistas
Losing ¢9.1
Million Daily In
Tolls From Road
Closure
The Autopistas
del Sol, the
concessionare of
the San José -
Caldera isn't
talking but it
is estimated
that it is
losing some ¢9.1
million colones
daily only from
the tolls on
passenger
vehicles. When
you add the
tolls paid by
buses, trucks
and vans, that
number could
easily be double
or more.
Child Care Takes
Precedence Over
Eradicating
Slums in Costa
Rica
More than 5.000
of Costa Rica's
poorest families
will have to
wait to get out
of the "precarios"
(slum housing)
since the
Chinchilla
government is
giving priority
to the "programa
nacional de
guardería"
(national child
care program)
and diverting
funds from the
Instituto
Nacional de
Vivienda y
Urbanismo (INVU).
Anti-Riot Police
On Alert For
Protests By
Porteadores
If you were one
of the thousands
arriving or
leaving Costa
Rica or just
visiting the San
José airport
yesterday and
saw anti-riot
police standing
by on the main
road into the
airport, no
cause for much
concern, they
just there just
in case the
porteadores
decide to
protest and
block the
streets.
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So,
What
Are
We
To
Do
Now?
Closing
the
San
José
-
Caldera
is
perhaps
a
prudent
move
on
the
part
of
transport
officials,
but
what
are
now
to
do,
go
back
to
the
old
road,
the
monte
de
Aguacate
or
the
Cambronero?
No
way,
I
think
I
will
stay
home
until
they
re-open
ruta
27
completely. |
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On
the
heels
of
Sprint's
announced
last
week
of
its
4G
smarphone,
Steve
Jobs,
the
CEO
of
Apple,
made
the
announcement
of
iPhone
4G
on
Tuesday.
However,
as
in
typical
Apple
marketing
strategy,
the
actual
phone
won't
be
available
to
consumers
for
a
while.
The
new
iPhone
4G
Cannot
Be
Used
in
Costa
Rica |
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