Another Attempt At the Calderón Guardia Hospital
It has been less than a year since 20 people perished in a fire at the Hospital Calderón Guardia and yesterday, Judicial authorities were already investigating another fire, a fire tha appears to be the work of a criminal, putting the lives of workers and patients at risk.

Nicaragua's Ortega Asking Arias To Withdraw Charges Over the San Juan River
Presidential candidate and leader of the Sandinista party in Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has asked Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, to withdraw Costa Rica's plans to charge Nicaragua to the International Court at the Hague over the San Juan river conflict.

Government Will Respect Court Decision Following Appeal Against Giving Public Employees Time Off To Watch the World Cup
The government said yesterday that it would respect any decision by the Constitutional Court or Sala IV over the giving public employees off the morning of June 9, the day of the opening games of the 2006 World Cup between Costa Rica and Germany.

Seniors Frequently Swindled Into Selling Land Cheaply
The question that is being asked, would a normal person sell an important and valuable piece of land with little money down, the payments on only a personal note and without interest? Well, that is what happened to a elderly couple in Heredia and a Telenoticias (local channel 7 news) reports that this is more common occurrence than at first believed.

WORLD CUP SOCCER:
3 for 0 As Czechs Beat Costa Rica
First it was Catalonia, then it was the Ukraine and yesterday the Czechs. Costa Rica has now played three warm up games and lost all three, for a total of 7 goals against, while the Tico national team were not able to put not even one past the opposing goalies.

US$300 Million in Beach Resort
Global Financial Group, a Romanian company, confirmed that it will invest us$100 million in the first stage of a beach resort in Brasilito, on the Costa Rica northwestern Pacific.