Spending Advice For Your Aguinaldo
If you are government employee, you got your "Aguinaldo" - the annual Christmas bonus yesterday. If you are private sector employee, your employer has until Decemeber 20 to pay up or face sanctions and fines by the Ministerio de Trabajo, if an employee makes a complaint.

Correos Costa Rica Making Changes to Addresses
How many times have you wasted hours looking for an address that, well, is impossible to find. Many foreigners in Costa Rica become frustrated with the lack of street addresses, using only a complex direction and landmarks. Costa Ricans are fed up as well, especially "mensajeros" - couriers - who waste a great deal of their time searching for the right address.

"Caos" For the Purchase of Cellular Lines
The craziness to get a cellular line began Monday night at 7:30pm, when authorized Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) agents began selling the new GSM cellular lines and a telephone.

Parmenio Medina Murder Trial Begins; Nine Stand Trial
The hour has come. It is time that the accused face the courts in the murder of 62 year old journalist, Parmenio Medina, who was assassinated on July 7, 2001, in front of his home after leaving the radio station where he hosted his controversial program "la Patada" (the kick in the ass).

CU Winds to reach out to young musicians in Costa Rica
Children at a small rural music school in Costa Rica will receive like-new instruments and one-on-one lessons when the Cornell University Wind Ensemble (CU Winds) tours there in January.