Lost Minister Found, Says He Was Never Lost
Search parties found Costa Rica's missing energy and environment minister on Saturday suffering from a nasty bite by a wild tapir, after he got lost in a jungle reserve two days earlier.

ICE Is Ready To Compete, President Says
In his weekly radio address to the nation, president Abel Pacheco de la Espriella, took the time to point out the advances made by his administration of the last four years, especially to the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the state monopoly on telecommunications and electrical energy.

Faithful Call for Removal of Alcoholic Priest
A number of residents of the area known as La Unión have made a call to Monseñor Hugo Barrantes to remove their local priest, Marco Hugo Castro Mora, from the Nuestra Señora del Pilar church, for being a drunk.

Six Year Old Girl Murdered By Mistake
A six year old girl was killed, in front of her mother and little brother, by a bullet by what appears to be a mistake by killer or killers who had the wrong house. The murder occurred in El Edén, in Vista de Mar, Goicoechea.

2nd Annual Poker Industry Expo to be held December 7-8
Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that its second annual Poker Industry Conference and Exposition will be held December 7-8, 2006 in San José, at the Costa Rica Marriott Hotel.

Police Better Trained To Capture Sex Offenders
 With the objective of forming new and better officials, the Dirección de Investigación Especializada (DIE) of the Ministerio de Seguridad Pública, held a seminar given by an Italian expert in the subject of commercial sexual exploitation, along with national experts of the subject.