Costa Rica's defender Gonzalo Segares (in red) fights for the ball with Swiss forward Alexander 'Alex' Frei during an international friendly soccer match at the Stade de Tourbillon in Sion, Switzerland, this week. 20 years ago today - Costa Rica sent Scotland crashing out of the World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Sweden. [AP Photo] |
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Doctors Being
Called On To
Join Residents
Strike
The Caja
Costarricense de
Seguro Social (CCSS)
or "Caja" is
battling to stop
its hospital
services from
coming to a
screeching halt,
on Saturday
asking medical
doctors not to
join the more
than a week long
strike by
residents after
a call by the
Unión Médica
Nacional (UMN)
for its doctors
to support the
residents and
the strike.
Costa Rican
Made Device To The
Rescue Of Car
Owners
Brothers William
and Hugo Artavia
may soon be a
household name
in Costa Rica,
for they have
come to the
rescue of
vehicles owners
in their fight
against theft.
The brothers
have developed a
system that, by
way of a
microchip, will
call the
vehicle's owner
at home or their
cellular phone,
if something is
wrong.
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Early Morning
Earthquake Wakes
Up San Carlos
An earthquake,
followed by a
series of
aftershocks,
rocked Costa
Rican's northern
zone of San
Carlos in the
early hours of
Saturday
morning. Experts
say rule out
that a volcano
caused the
tremors. The
quake was felt
at 6:44am.
World Cup
History - On
this day: Costa
Rica Stuns World
A look at Costa Rica's unexpected success at the 1990 World Cup.
Monte del
Aguacate
Merchants With
Smile From Side
To Side
Although the
majority of
drivers in the
Central Valley
(San José) have
been grumbling
and complaining
about the
closure of the
San José -
Caldera (ruta
27) from Atenas
to Orotina,
there is one
group with a
smile from side
to side - the
merchants along
the monte del
Aguacate, the
old road to the
Jacó.
Bananas and Rain
Forest
Destruction
HealthNewsDigest.com)
- Historically,
growing the
world’s most
popular fruit
has caused
massive
degradation of
rainforest land
across the
tropics, spread
noxious
chemicals
throughout
formerly
pristine
watersheds, and
poisoned and
exploited farm
workers.
Costa Rica And
T&T Face Each
Other In Pan Am
Cup
Trinidad and
Tobago will
tackle Costa
Rica when the
Pan American
Women’s
Volleyball Cup
continues today
in Mexico.
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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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