Keeping San José Clean. San José municipal workers pushin wheelbarrows with garbage keeping the city's boulevards clean. Municipal workers are concerned about their government approving a law to privatize the garbage collection service and street cleaning. [Foto: Juan Carlos Ulate] |
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Imprudent
Pedestrians
Among The Most
Frequent Cause
Of Traffic
Accidents In
Costa Rica
Pedestrians The
sign at the toll
station east of
the airport
reads "Costa
Rica loves
peace, but has a
war on its
roads". That
statement,
reminding
drivers daily,
cannot be more
true, especially
when it comes to
motorcyclists
and pedestrians,
who suffer the
worst of a
traffic
accident.
5
Year Old Boy
Latest Victim Of
AH1N1 In Costa
Rica
A five year old
boy is the
latest victim of
the AH1N1,
bringing the
total for the
year to 14,
confirmed the
ministra de
Salud, María
Luisa Ávila.
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Dollar Exchange
Dropped ¢25 In
Last Two Weeks
In case you
hadn't noticed,
the US dollar
exchange fell
¢25 colones in
the past two
weeks.
Costa Rica
Duplicates
Fiscal Deficit
The Costa Rican
fiscal deficit
registered an
increase of 97%
in the first
five months of
the year in
comparison with
the same period
of the previous
year.
Costa Rican
Police In Search
Of Serial Rapist
And Killer
The area nea the
Coleio Ulloa,
also known as
the Valencia,
that is the
intersection to
Heredia on the
autopista
General Cañas,
has become the
focus of an
intense police
operation, where
authorities
believe a serial
rapist is at
work following
the discovery of
the body of 28
year old Cindy
Esquivel Zuñiga
on Monday.
US Fugitive
Found And
Deported From
Costa Rica
US citizen Wayne
Thomas Duffney
found hiding out
in Costa Rica an
deported, wanted
in the US after
failing to
appear for
sentencing in a
US Federal Court
in September
last year.
Costa Rica's
Most Wanted
Criminal Said To
Seriously Ill
Sources close to
Costa Rica's
most wanted
criminal, Roy
Hernandez
Chavarría, say
he is very ill
and needs
medical
attention, is
said to have
been infected
with the human
papillomavirus (HPV)
and is in
delicate
condition.
International
Arrest Warrant
Issued for
Canadian
On June 8th,
2010, the
criminal court
of Perez Zeledon,
Costa Rica
ordered the
arrest and
subsequent
international
arrest warrant
for Bruno
Saligari of
Prince George,
British
Columbia,
Canada.
Certificates
From The
Registro Civil
Can No Be
Ordered Online
Costa Rica's
Obtaining a
certified
document from
the Registro
Civil (Civil
Registry) is no
simple thanks to
a pilot program
that allows
users to search
the registry and
order the
required
document online.
Costa Rican
Government
Boosts Social
Plans
Costa Rica's
government will
drive social
actions in 25
communities of
the country
which are in
extreme poverty,
President Laura
Chinchilla said.
According to the
presidenta the
program is
scheduled to
begin in the
first 100 days
of her
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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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