MOPT Most Inefficient
Government Agency
As if it was not
evident, the Contraloría
General de la República
(Comptroller's office)
reaffirmed in a report
the fact that the
Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT),
is the most inefficient.
Wonder where
that fresh
tropical fruit
in you grocery
store comes
from? With
the winter
months settled
upon Canadian
soil most of our
fresh fruit has
to be brought in
from other
countries. Mike
Ursu, Prince
Albert Co-op
produce manager,
says the
majority of
fruits travel
great distances
- from places
such as Costa
Rica to get to
Saskatchewan
fridge crispers.
[Foto: Timothy
Schafer/Prince
Albert Daily
Herald] |
Spirit’s Sensational 8¢ Service
to San José Sold Out Fast
How does eight cents (this is
not a misprint) sound for an
international discount airfare,
an airfare to one of the
planet’s ecotourism epicenters?
AOL Helps Kids Learn the Secret
to Living a Long Life
Any adult would love to learn
the secrets of living a longer
life. It's a mystery that kids
are getting the chance to
uncover through a fun
interactive exploration project
on KOL, AOL's kids service (www.kol.com).
Whole Foods Market Is Going
Bananas
Whole Foods Market, the world's
largest natural and organic
foods supermarket, has gone
bananas for EARTH University's
bananas from Costa Rica.
Law To
Prohibit Marriages Of Under 15
Approved
With a unanimous vote last
night, the law to prohibit
marriages of persons under the
age of 15 was approved and now
only needs to be published in
the official government
publication, La Gaceta, for it
to go into force.
MEP Modernizes, Not Using
Telegrams Anymore To Notify
Teachers
Overcoming the setback of having
its information database stolen,
the Ministerio de Educación
Público (MEP) said it began
yesterday the task of notifying
7.000 teachers of their back to
school on February 1. This year,
however, the MEP will notify the
teachers by text messages to
their cellular phones or email,
leaving aside the old system of
sending a "telegram".
Nicaragua
Rethinking Abortion
Cardinal Miguel Obando
championed Wednesday for a
scientific forum on therapeutic
abortion, whose recent
penalization in Nicaragua
divided the society amid world
criticism.
Panama Health Crisis Deaths
Rocket
Panama Justice is investigating
363 denouncements of presumed
poisoned medication, and there
are 52 deaths admitted.
Panama Jails Overflowing
Over 11,400 people are behind
bars in Panama, in prisons with
capacity for a bit over 7,000,
official sources revealed
Wednesday
Honduras Sweat Shop Deaths Soar
Production and death grow
hand-in-hand at assembly plants
in Honduras with three out of
every ten women forced to seek
medical aid due to respiratory
disorders.
Central
Americans Debate Migration
Migration authorities from
Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala
and Nicaragua will examine
possible solutions to the
immigration problem expanding
throughout the region.
ENVIRONMENT-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
Hell in
God's Paradise'
The
trees are finally green again in
Paraíso de Dios since a car
battery recycling plant, which
produced "a kind of foggy mist,
like when it rains," was
relocated. But years later,
children continue to be born
with high levels of lead in
their blood.
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