Dollar Drops ¢14 In One Day to ¢523
The price of
the dollar fell ¢14 colones yesterday,
dropping to a low that not been seen in over
a year, hitting a low of ¢521 for buy and
¢531 for the sell, at some banks. [Foto: exchange rate posted at the Scotiabank at 3:50pm Monday. The bank posted the rate at ¢520 and ¢532 on its website this morning.] |
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Government Urged To Veto
Reforms To The New Ley de Tránsito
The viceministra de Transportes, Rosaura
Montero and the Director de Tránsito, German
Marín, are on the same page when it comes to
the reforms to the new Ley de Tránsito, the
government of Oscar Arias should use its
power of the veto to send the reforms back
to the drawing board.
Rainy Season Around The
Corner, Appearing Early This Year
Best is to start getting ready your umbrella
as the rainy season approaches. The
Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) -
national weather service - is predicting
that the start of the season will be one
week ahead of normal.
Taxi Union Threatens
Protest If Porteo Not Eliminated
The taxi union is threatening triplicating
the actions of the porteadores (informal
taxis) if the legislators does not vote in
favour of eliminating the porteo from the
commercial code.
Drunk Driver To Spend Three
Months In Preventive Detention (Jail) For
Killing Cyclist In Sunday's Traffic Accident
The drunk driver you hit and killed a
cyclist on the Florencio Castillo, autopista
to Cartago, will be spending the next three
months in preventing detention, jail.
Dole Inaugurates a Mobile
Medical Unit to Attend Rural Communities in
the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica
Dole Food Company announced today that
it inaugurated this week a mobile medical
unit, which now offers some rural
communities of the Atlantic Coast of Costa
Rica access to preventive medicine and
specialized health attention.
Transworld
Traveller Details His 12 Day Stay In Costa
Rica
In the summer of 2009, Nicolas Rapp, decided
to take a break from his Art Director job at
The Associated Press to attempt a one-year
overland travel around the world in a Toyota
Landcruiser.
Top 3 finish for Bilko at
Costa Rica X-Knights
Blake ‘Bilko’ Williams placed third at the
weekend’s X-Knights event in San José, Costa
Rica in the first competitive outing since
his 2009 X Games triumph.
Keep An
Eye On Costa Rica From Space
The Planetario de la Universidad de Costa
Rica (UCR) is now offering a view of Costa
Rica from space, updated every 30 minutes.
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