Cellular Phone Lines Sell Out Like Hot Cakes
The lines for the 40.000 cellular telephone lines that went on sale yesterday began early in the morning and reports say that by 11am most of the lines at the small and large shops were already taken up, selling like the proverbial hotcakes.

Recope Asks For More Gasoline Price Hikes
Notwithstanding a decision by the Sala Constitucional or Sala IV (Constitutional Court) that would end the automatic calculation of gasoline prices, that has temporarily stopped the approved increase on super gasoline prices that were to go into effec this week, the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope), has made a request to the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep), for an increase of ¢16 colones in the price of a litre of regular gasoline.

Two Earthquakes Shook Costa Rica Yesterday
Two earthquakes shook and rattled residents yesterday, the first occurring at 9:58 a.m. and the second at 12.41pm.

ICE Expects Garabito Tender in September
Costa Rica's state monopoly on electrical power, the Institutio Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) September plans to relaunch bidding to build the Garabito (Jacó) thermo project, according to an ICE official.

Discovery Health To Focus on Costa Rica
This week a producer for the Discovery Channel was in Costa Rica and soon the millions will come to know some of the beauty that Costa Rica has to offer.

Lapa Rios Ecolodge Honored as a Sustainable Standard-Setter
Lapa Rios Ecolodge, a high end, eco-conscious resort in Costa Rica, has been honored as a 2007 Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setter by the highly respected Rainforest Alliance organization at its 20th anniversary gala in New York City.

Porteadores in Support of TLC
Porteadores, the informal taxi drivers, took the streets yesterday, not in a show of protest against their continuing conflict with the formal taxis, but rather to show their support for the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) - free trade agreement with the United States.