Costa Rica's Pacific coast is shrinking due to climate change. Oceanographer Guillermo Quirós warns that climate change is affecting Costa Rica's coast, reducing the country, today and not in the 10 to 15 years previously forecast. Quirós estimates that island near Parrita has already lost 60% of its area in the last 25 years, literally "being eaten up by water". |
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Elective
Surgeries And
Consults With
Specialists
Cancelled On
Thursday Due To
Strike By
Doctors At State
Hospitals
Elective
surgeries and
consults with
specialists were
either cancelled
or rescheduled
yesterday due to
the strike by
doctors who
joined the
residents strike
at state
hospitals. Some
of the
cancellations
had been
programmed up to
two years ago.
Zero Tolerance
For Drinking and
Driving
Seven of the
eight
legislative
parties are
looking for a
zero tolerance
to drinking and
driving in
discussing the
reforms to the
Ley de Tránsito,
that is
currently at the
commission level
and soon to
before the
legislative
assembly for
voting.
Stay in Touch! Rental
GSM & 3G Phones, Data & SIM Cards, Prepaid
Phones & SIM Cards.
Costa Rica
Promotes
Anti-Crime
Cooperation with
Mexico
Costa Rica's
president, Laura
Chinchilla,
announced that a
Costa Rican
delegation would
travel to Mexico
in upcoming days
to strengthen
bilateral links
in matters of
security and the
fight against
drug-trafficking.
Smile, You Are
On Camera! As
Tránsito Looks
To Cameras To
Fine Drivers
Héctor Monge,
director del
Consejo de
Seguridad Vial (Cosevi),
said on Thursday
that come next
year cameras
will be used to
monitor traffic
violations, as
the video
cameras will
record the
infraction that
will used to
generate a
traffic ticket
without the need
of a traffic
official or stop
the driver.
US Insurer Gets
OK to
Operate in Costa
Rica
New
Orleans-based
Pan-American
Life Insurance
Group (PALIG), a
leading provider
of insurance and
financial
services,
announced today
that its
subsidiary,
Pan-American
Life Insurance
de Costa Rica,
S.A. has
received final
approval from
the
Superintendencia
General de
Seguros
SUGESE, Costa
Rica's Insurance
Regulator) to
operate in Costa
Rica.
How Much Beer Do
Costa Ricans
Drink?
According to
Florida Bebidas,
Costa Rica's
national
brewery, the
Cerveceria Costa
Rica, produces
around
39.624.807.85
gallons of beer
a year. That
amount does not
include the
imported beers
like Corona and
US beers.
Limited-Edition
T-Shirts For
Costa Rica Based
Game
Japanese
clothier, Uniglo,
unveiled a
series of
limited edition
t-shirts
inspired by the
PSP game
Metal Gear
Solid: Peace
Walker. The
game takes place
in Costa Rica in
the 1970's. Of
course the
entire world
knows that Costa
Rica does not
have an army.
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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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