Wal-Mart Purchase Means Lower Priced Milk Beginning Today
The purchase by the giant U.S. retailer Wal-Mart of controlling shares of Central American Retail Holding Company (CARHCO), which operates the Más x Menos, Hipermás and Maxi Bodega supermarkets in Costa Rica, can be felt by consumers beginning today.

Older Woman Paying Young Boys For Sex
In a reversal of roles for police who accustomed to detaining men for having sex with young women, the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) detained a "cuarentona" - forty plus woman - for seducing young boys to perform "“trabajitos del sexo".

Electrical Energy Costs More During January And August
Been puzzled why your electrical bill has been so high over the last few months? The answer is simple, during the months of January through August, electrical service costs some 20% more than during September and December. The fact was a reminded by the Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (Aresep) which sets prices for public prices and services.

Riteve Will Take In Your Old Tires
Don't know what to do with that used tire? Bring it to Riteve. That's right, the vehicular inspection company will accept used tires at all of its 13 stations in an effort to reduce the spread of Dengue fever. And for free.

Costa Rica to Push Tourism, Exports at World Cup
The government of Costa Rica published plans on Thursday to promote its tourism and exports in Germany alongside the 2006 soccer World Cup, using a 500 square meters Costa Rica Arena in Munich's Am Deutschen Museum, among other venues.