San José, Costa Rica -
Wednesday 02 February 2005
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Education
Ministry Demands Complete School
Year As School Starts Next
Monday
The school year is about to
begin and the Ministerio de
Educacion Publica (MEP) - the
Education Ministry - says it
will be closely monitoring the
school program to ensure that
all schools comply with the 200
day school calendar.
 more
"Chatting
Up Women Can Land You in Jail!"
That has been the headline
in several online news wire
services, with the story saying
that men in Costa Rica can now
be sent to prison for trying to
chat up women.
more
ICE With
¢20 Million Cellular Fraud A
Month
Cellular fraud costs the
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) about ¢20
million colones (us$43.300
dollars) a month and the
institution is having difficulty
stopping it. more
Central
American Golf Tournament Starts
Today
The 62nd Central American Golf
Club Tournament tees off today
through February 5 at Costa
Rica's Country Club (in San
José), with the participation of
180 amateur players from six
countries of the region.
more
Windstar
Windfall to Arrive in Coco
Playas del Coco and neighboring
beach destinations got an
unexpected boost this week with
the announcement Seattle-based
Windstar Cruises would begin
docking its motor sailing fleet
in the bay. more
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Looking for a job in Costa Rica?
Check out the Grupo
Nación
elempleo.com
website
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Central
America agrees on anti-crime
cooperation, tsunami aid
Members of the Central American
Integration System (SICA) held a
summit Tuesday in the Honduran
capital of Tegucigalpa, agreeing
to strengthen anti-crime
cooperation and provide
assistance to the tsunami
victims.
more
Cuban and
Russian New Agencies Sign
Cooperation Agreement
Latin American News Agency
Prensa Latina (PL) and Russian
ITAR-TASS agreed Tuesday the
mutual exchange of digitalized
photos, with which they expand
previous accords on information
exchange.
more
El
Salvador Congress approves FTA
The Legislative Assembly
ratified the Central America
Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA),
signed in May by Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
and Nicaragua with the United
States. El Salvador was the
first country to ratify the
accord.
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HUMAN RIGHTS-CHILE:
Supreme
Homophobia
The Chilean Supreme Court of
Justice has been singled out as
the Chilean institution most
hostile to sexual minorities in
2004, according to a report
released by one of the country's
leading gay rights organisations.
”We find it very troubling that
the Supreme Court, which is
responsible for guaranteeing
equality before the law, is at
the top of the list of the
country's most homophobic
institutions for the second year
in a row,” Rolando Jiménez,
president of Chile's Movement
for Homosexual Integration and
Liberation (MOVILH), told IPS.
The 90-page document also notes
that the 46 violations of the
rights of sexual minorities
reported last year in Chile
reflect a 30 percent decrease in
comparison with 2003. However,
the violations committed in 2004
were marked by a higher degree
of ”brutality”, says the report. more
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