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Semana Santa Begins
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Pacheco Thanks Costa Ricans for Their Support
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10.000 Cellular Lines To Go On
Sale Next Monday
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Two Faces of Erlyn Hurtado, Dead
Brothers Lying in Morgue
Unclaimed
Semana Santa Begins
Mounted on a donkey, like Jesus did two
thousand years ago, Monseñor HUgo Barrantes and many followers of Christ
began the celebrations of Semana Santa.
During the week, all Christian and Catholic churches offer different
religious activities to make the special time of the year.
The city of San José will become sparse is the next days as those who
didn't leave on Saturday for the beaches and the mountains will be doing
so in the coming days.
All government offices are closed and with the exception of several
state institutions like the Instituto Costarricense de Elecetricidad
(ICE) - telecommunications - the Fuerza y Luz (FyL) -power and light
company- and the Alcanterillados y Acueductos (AyA) - water and sewers -
who will be open today, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, all public
employees are off until Monday the 28th of March.
State banks - Banco Nacional, Banco de Costa Rica and Banco Popular -
are open today and tomorrow, but, depending on the branch, closed or on
limited hours on Wednesday. Private banks like the Scotiabank, Banco
Interfin, will be open normal hours Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
closing the rest of the week.
Supermarkets will be open all week except on Friday where some will be
closed while others will be on limited hours.
Thursday and Friday the sale of alcohol is suspended for 54 hours. All
bars, liquor stores will be shut down from midnight Wednesday to 6am on
Saturday. Supermarkets and restaurants will not be able to sell alcohol.
The beaches are full of visitors and rooms are scarce. Hotels that have
rooms available this week typically charges as much as twice the normal
rate.
The highways will be closely monitored by Transit police to reduce
drinking and driving and keep road fatalities to a minimum. As well the
Fuerza Pública and Red Cross will be on alert to attend those in need.
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