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Points May Make A
Comeback In The Coming Weeks
First there were points. Then there weren't.
And now they may be back again. We are
talking about the point system in the Ley de
Tránsito that punishes bad drivers, that can
result in a temporary and permanent
suspension of a drivers license for repeat
offenders.
Hold Off On Buying
Emergency and Safety Kits
One Traffic Stop Cost Driver ¢858.000 Colones In Fines
"Romeria", Costa Rica's Annual
Pilgrimage Goes Viral
It sounds like the slacker's version of a
religious pilgrimage -- substituting a long,
arduous trek to a holy site with an
effortless stay-at-home digital version.
But the Catholic Church welcomed the idea
when Costa Rica's Minister of Health last
year banned the country's famous, annual
228-year-old pilgrimage along with all other
major public gatherings at the height of the
outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus.
First Tica In Chile
Quake Makes It Home On Thursday
Rebecca Para was the first Costa Rican to
survive Chile earthquake to make it home.
And yesterday at the Juan Santamaría (San
José) international airport, was met by
Ginnés Rodríguez and the Teletica cameras on
her arrival.
Chinchilla
Inauguration To Take Place In The Sabana
Park
The Parque Metropolitano La Sabana on the
west side of San José will be the site of
the transfer of power ceremonies on May 8th,
when Costa Rica ushers in the first woman
president, Laura Chinchilla.
Expo Movíl 2010 With Great Deals
Although the
new Ley de Tránsito that went into effect on
Monday terrifies most drivers in Costa Rica, it
did not stop attendance at the Expo Movíl 2010
car show that began on Thursday.
Supermarkets in Costa
Rica Gear Up For Semana Santa
It is still weeks away, but Semana Santa
(Easter Week) is already in the air and in
the supermarkets as they have already
stocked their shelves to lure customers
looking for traditional foods like chiverres,
sardines and sea food, among others.
Credit Card Interest Rates Run From 20% to 54%
Annually
Tough economic times have forced Costa Ricans to
seek out credit, mostly in plastics and banks
and financial institutions have been more than
eager to oblige.
Get your copy of the new Ley de Trásnito
here. Today.
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CENTRAL AMERICA: Women Make
Headway in Politics - and Want
More
The
victory of Laura Chinchilla in
Costa Rica's presidential
elections, and the growing
participation of women in
Central American parliaments,
point to their progress in the
region's spheres of political
power. But they still have a
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New
Ley
de
Tránsito:
First
World
Law
on
Third
World
Roads
For
the
first
time
in
all
my
years
of
driving
in
Costa
Rica
my
eyes
yesterday
were
focused
on
the
speedometer
and
the
road
ahead,
watching
for
traffic
cops
with
a
radar
unit.
The
new
Ley
de
Tránsito
had
a
great
effect
on
my
driving
habits,
which
overnight
had
to
change
drastically.
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The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of
Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a
handheld tablet that is
a larger version of the
iPhone without the
telephony feature.
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