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ICE Assures No Blackouts
For This Summer
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
assures that it has
scrapped its plans for
blackouts this summer.
The statement came after
ICE's president, Pedro
Pablo Quirós, met with
the ministro de la
Presidencia, Rodrigo
Arias.
Gas Hike
On
Friday
The first gasoline price hike of the year will be this Friday, when
at 12:01am gasoline stations around the country will change their
prices.
Epsy Wants Open Convention
To Choose PAC Party Leadership
Former legislator and former president of the Partido Acción
Ciudadana (PAC), Epsy Campbell, wants to be president of Costa Rica
as a candidate of the "rojiamarillo" and is calling on the party to
open the political process so that anyone voter over the age of 18
can make a choice of the party leadership.
Chinchilla Says Not
Worried Over Araya's 11%
Lead In The Polls
The 11% lead by former
San José mayor, Johnny
Araya, in the nomination
elections for the
Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) party
does not have Laura
Chinchilla worried the
least bit, rather she
says that she is now
even more confident that
whe will take the PLN
party convention by
storm.
Extreme Sports Attracting
More Tourists To Costa Rica
(InfoWebPress) - The practice of extreme sports in Costa Rica
attracts thousands of tourists every year who seek an additional
dose of adrenaline.
Liberia Civic Festival
Begins Feb. 12
(InfoWebPress) – The
2009 Liberia Civic
Festival will offer a
wide array of
activities, beginning on
Thursday, Feb. 12 at 5
a.m. with the
traditional bombas, or
improvised popular
poems. Events will go on
until Sunday, Feb. 22.
Lusk Feared The Strong
Winds Minutes Before His
Jump
Minutes before he took
the fatal jump, Jeremy
Lusk, told Karina
McDonald in an interview
for the magazine,
Profesión Valor, that he
was afraid to make his
jump, concerned of the
strong winds that were
blowing at the Ricardo
Saprissa stadium on
Saturday night. |
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This
composite
photo
from
Oregon
State
University
shows
green
hermit
hummingbirds
at Las
Cruces
Biological
Station,
San
Vito,
Costa
Rica,
that
were
part of
a study
on how
habitat
fragmentation
affects
birds
that
pollinate
plants.
The red
arrow
indicates
a tiny
transmitter
used to
track
the
birds.
Scientists
from
Oregon
State
University
glued
tiny
transmitters
to
hummingbirds
in Costa
Rica to
figure
out why
plant
pollination
by birds
and
insects
is
crashing
around
the
world.
The
photo at
upper
right is
by
Matthew
Betts.
The
photo of
the
transmitter
is by J.
Miller.
[AP
Photo/Oregon
State
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Pollinating
Birds Won't Cross Cleared Land
Scientists from Oregon State University have glued tiny transmitters
to hummingbirds in Costa Rica to figure out why plant pollination by
birds and insects is crashing around the world.
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Panama Sets
Up New Council to Manage $1.11 Billion Economic Stimulus Package
Panama set up a new council
Tuesday for carrying out the government's financial crisis
management program, local media reported.
14 Escape
From Prison in Panama
Fourteen prisoners on Tuesday
escaped from a prison in eastern Panama City, with two of them
injured and the other 12 at large, local media reported.
Chile, Honduras Sign New
Accords
Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet has
signed other three
cooperation agreements
in the area of trade,
science, technology and
environment, during her
official visit to
Honduras, to conclude
Tuesday.
Indigenous
Indians Accused of Cannibalism in Brazil
Brazilian police
charged six Indians of the Kulina tribe for murdering a local farmer
and eating parts of his body, local daily O Globo reported Tuesday.
8,000
Peruvian Miners Dismissed Amid Global Financial Downturn
At least 8,000 Peruvian
miners have been dismissed in recent months as metal prices drop on
sagging demand amid the global financial crisis, a labor union
leader said Tuesday.
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LABOUR-JAPAN:
Brazilian Japanese Organize Against Joblessness
Rodney Freitas, 24, is happy to see Brazilians of Japanese descent organising themselves at time when Japan’s economy is cooling down and many are in danger of losing jobs or are already unemployed.
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Reno
Wind-Turbine Maker Expands to
Costa Rica
Reno-based wind turbine
manufacturer Mariah Power has
expanded onto the international
stage with its first Windspire
installation in Latin America.
ASI Power & Telemetry, a Mariah
Power dealer based in
northwestern Costa Rica, has
installed one of the company’s
propeller-free vertical axis
wind turbines, called a
Windspire, in a
biodiversity-educational park
near Costa Rica’s capital, San
Jose.
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"How
to
Make
Coffee
A
Great
Cup
of
Coffee"
It is very simple to make a
great cup of coffee, you just
need to learn a couple a thing
to move your process from just
an average cup to great. Here
are some tips on how to make
coffee so that you will get the
most enjoyment out of your
gourmet coffee.
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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