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Tránsito Director "Guarantees"
Traffic Flow Despite Taxi Strike Action
Taxi drivers and porteadores are taking to the streets today to
protest the long standing dispute between the formal taxi operators
and pirate taxis and the government's failure to resolve the
situation. Each side wants it their way.
January With Lowest
Inflation in Ten Years
The Instituto Nacional
de Estadística y Censos
(INEC) reports that last
month saw the lowest
inflation rate in the
last decade.
AyA Head Announces Cost Cuts
And Assures No Layoffs
The president of the Acueductos y Alcantarillados, Ricardo Sancho
Chavarría, announced yesterday a series of measures to reduce costs
at the water and sewer utility in an effort to avoid a rate increase
and job cuts.
Housing Bank Head Ousted
Following Excessive Lunch
Ennio Rodríguez, the director of the state national housing
authority, BANHVI, has been asked to step down following a ¢660,000
colones lunch at an exclusive Escazu restaurant for 12 people. The
lunch was allegedly "working meeting".
Support Sought For Loan For
Tourism Program In Protected Areas
Treasury Minister Guillermo Zuñiga has expressed
his support for Bill No. 17.128, which contains a us19 million loan
from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance a tourism
program in the country’s protected areas.
Guanacaste No. 2 In
National Tree-Planting
Campaign
The province of
Guanacaste is No. 2 in
the number of trees
planted as part of the
national campaign “A que
sembras un arbol” (Bet
You Will Plant a Tree),
with 1,331,453 trees out
of 7,007,323 throughout
the country, or 19
percent of the national
total. The cantons of
Nicoya and Abangares are
among the top 10 with
513,049 and 200,426
trees, respectively.
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"The
best
idea
you've
ever
had",
Costa
Rican
president,
Oscar
Arias,
tells
his
brother
and
ministro
de la
Presidencia,
Rodrigo
Arias,
of the
government
plan
"Plan
Escudo"
(Shield
Plan)
announced
last
week to
face the
financial
crisis.
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