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Friday 08 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
Chinese Only Bidders For
3G Cellular Network
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - the
country's sole provider
of telecommunications -
has promised 1.5 million
cellular lines next
year, as it gears up for
the coming of cellular
services competition and
to meet the growing
demands for cellular
service. However, there
is one problem.
Security Minister Blames
Drugs For Country's
Insecurity
The ministra de
Seguridad Pública,
Jannina Del Vecchio,
blames the problems of
insecurity in the
country on drugs and
declares red alert for
consumption of crack.
Only One Bidder For the
Liberia Airport
Expansion
Only one company, the
Houston Airport System
Development Company (HASDC),
has made an offer to
build and operate the
new passenger terminal
at the Daniel Oduber
Quirós airport in
Liberia. The HASDC is
the same firm interested
in completing the work
at the Juan Santamaría,
San José airport.
Isla del Coco To Get
Added Protection
Costa Rica's treasured
national park, the Isla
del Coco (Cocos Island),
will get a more active
role by the Ministerio
de Ambiental y Energia (Minae)
- Environment and Energy
Ministry - in its
protection.
No
Water For 200.000 in
Santa Ana, Escazú and
Desamparados Tomorrow
For those living in the
areas of Santa Ana,
Escazú, Alajuelita and
Desamparados be prepared
that the Acueductos y
Alcantarillados (AyA)
will suspend water
service tomorrow
(Saturday) between 7am
and 9m as it carries out
repair work at the
Puente de Mulas 1 y 2
pumping stations.
Nicaraguan Workers
Propose Minimum Wage
Raise
MANAGUA - Nicaragua's
National Workers' Front
(FNT) repeated its
proposal for a
53-percent increase of
the minimum wage to the
entrepreneurial sector
and the government.
Trump Plans To Open New
Casino In Panama
ATLANTIC CITY — Trump
Entertainment Resorts is
planning to open a new
casino, but not in
Atlantic City.
Colombia Mulls Sending
Troops to Afghanistan
BOGOTA - The Colombian
government studies the
possibility of sending
troops to Afghanistan to
join the Spanish
military units located
in that Asian country,
said a high Colombian
military source
Thursday.
Venezuela: Indigenous
Parliament Greets Law
Package
CARACAS - Jose Poyo,
president of the
Venezuelan Group of the
Indigenous Parliament of
America (GV-PIA)
highlighted Thursday the
importance of the
package of laws approved
by the local Executive,
which he said will
always govern for the
benefit of the people.
Brazilian FM:
Agricultural Subsidies
To Affect World Food
Production
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Brazilian Foreign
Minister Celso Amorim
said Thursday
agricultural subsidies
in industrial countries
will affect food
production across the
world.
HEALTH:
Conflicts Make Women
More Vulnerable to HIV
"I’m a survivor, and if
I can live through all
that has happened to me,
so can other women,"
said Floride Nyiraneza,
42, who is HIV positive
and a widowed mother of
four.
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