Tibás Garbage Declared An Emergency
The garbage situation - little or no collection - in Tibás has been going on for some time and with the coming of the "rainy season", fear or diseases like Dengue and a possible epidemic forced the hands of the Consejo de Gobierno and the Ministerio de Salud to declare and emergency.

Mark It On Your Calendar: June 9 Is A Holiday Of Sorts!
The new government of Oscar Arias decreed the public employees can have the morning of June 9, the morning of thed ay of the opening 2006 World Cup game between Costa Rica and Germany, off so that people can watch the game and then go to work once the games are over.

Costa Rica Farmers Win Suit vs. DuPont
 A group of Costa Rican fern growers received a multimillion-dollar award against DuPont Co. on Wednesday for damages to their crops caused by the fungicide Benlate.

Costa Rica - Panama Border To Be Defined
Travelling to the southern border that divides Costa Rica and Panama can be sometimes confusing, for the border line between the two countries is not marked and defined. For that reason, a group of Costa Rican and Panamanian officials have taken on the task of defining the "real" border and properly marking it.

Domestic Violence Ends in Death of Woman and Five Year Old Child
A case of domestic violence left a thirty year old woman and her five year old child dead at the hands of the man who the woman had had a relationship with. The tragedy occurred in the area known as Sector seis in Los Guidos de Desamaparados.

High Gasoline Prices and Low Demand For Service Hit Taxi Drivers Where It Hurts Most, The Pocketbook
Not happy about the recent and soon to come gasoline prices increase? Well, the "fuerza roja" or the taxi drivers are one group that feel it "stinks".

Costa Rica Will Not Change The Clock
Definetively, Costa Rica will not move to Daylight Savings Time (DST)and stay in time behind Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala, in an effort to reduce energy consumption.