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Monday 03 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Legislator
Proposes Change That Would See
Inefficient Public Officials Sanctioned
Employees of state institutions and
agencies could face sanctions if the
country's legislators have their way.
Broadband Internet
Use Increasing, Racsa Says
According to the
marketing department of the Radiográfica
Costarricenses S. A. (Racsa) broadband
internet connection is overtaking
narrowband and by the end of the year it
more connection with an estimated 92.000
wideband and 68.000 narrowband
connections.
"First Non Catholic
Pope"
"Fellow Costa Ricans at
this moment the first
non Catholic Pope is
touching down" were the
words uttered by Jorge
Protti live on national
television 25 years with
the arrival of Pope John
Paul II in Costa Rica.
Evangelical
Temples Rush To Complete Upgrades
Required by Law
Some 1.500 Evangelical temples around
the country are scurrying since last
July to comply with the Reglamento para
el Funcionamiento de Templos o Locales
de Culto, decreed by the Ministerio de
Salud, of face being shut down.
Costa Rica To Teach
Jamaica Greenhouse
Technology
A dozen agricultural
extension officers from
Jamaica will be going to
Costa Rica next month
for training in
greenhouse technology.
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Curfew to Minors
Successful, Says Panama
Mayor
Panama City Mayor Juan
Carlos Navarro said on
Sunday that curfew
imposed on minors has
helped curb crime.
Women, Children
Emigration Rises in
Honduras
Emigration of women and
children in Honduras is
getting bigger
particularly children
without company,
affirmed executive
secretariat of Honduras
National Migration Forum
Edith Zavala.
Colombian President Lied
to Ecuador, Says Correa
Ecuadorean President
Rafael Correa said that
his Colombian peer
Alvaro Uribe has been
misinformed or lied
"bare-facedly" about the
blatant aggression
towards Ecuador.
Regional Tensions Rise
As Venezuela Sends
Troops To Border With
Colombia, Orders Embassy
Closed
Regional tensions
increased Sunday as
Venezuela and Ecuador
boosted military
deployment on their
Colombian borders,
following Colombia's
anti-rebel action along
its border with Ecuador.
Brazil Cracks Down On
Illegal Death Squad of
Police Officers
Authorities in the
northern Brazilian state
of Para cracked down on
a death squad made up of
civilians and military
police officers, which
has killed more than 50
people, local press
reported Saturday.
ENVIRONMENT:
Galápagos Islands in
Search of Clean Energy
Ecuador has taken the
first step towards
ending the oil
dependence of its
Galápagos Islands, in
the eastern Pacific
Ocean, with the official
opening of a 10.8
million dollar wind
energy facility on the
island of San Cristóbal.
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