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First Fall
Of Arias Administration
The Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - country's
monopoly on telecommunications
and electricity - will have a
new president, following the
resignation of Jorge Gutiérrez,
who took over from Pablo Cobb on
May 8.
ICE Plans Tender For A Million
Cellular Lines
Costa Rica's monopoly on
telecommunications, the
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) expects to
launch a tender for at least a
million cellular lines next
year, with a view to having them
available in 2008,
according to ICE mobile services
director Orlando Cascante.
Gas Price
Down Tomorrow
It's official, as we predicted,
at the stroke of midnight
tonight, gasoline prices drop.
This is the third consecutive
drop in the past month,
following a series of hikes that
brought the price to almost ¢600
colones a litre.
The Jails Are Full, Preventive
Detention A Major Reason
The judges, at the request of
the Ministerio Público, hand out
"preventive detention" measures
right and left and is now become
a problem for the jail system,
as it struggles to handle the
load.
71 Year
Old Man Has To Wait To 2009 For
a Medical Appointment
Nelson Castro thought he was a
victim of a practical joke. But,
soon the 71 year old man,
learned that the appointment he
was given to see a urologist on
April 20, 2009 at the Pérez
Zeledón, was in fact real.
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