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Dengue ‘Sweeps’
Begin in Sardinal and El Coco
With the goal of eliminating as many of the
breeding grounds for mosquitoes that carry dengue fever as possible,
more than 200 volunteers met last Feb. 8 in Sardinal and El Coco to
go house by house and collect solid waste and also encourage
neighbors to clean up their yards and other common areas — the most
effective way to reduce the risk of contracting this viral disease.
Bilingual Job Fair
Looking To Hire 3.500
The Coalición
Costarricense de
Iniciativas de
Desarrollo (CINDE) - the
The Costa Rican
Investment Promotion
Agency - will be holding
its job fair on February
20, 21 and 22, where
3.500 jobs will be
offered by 27 companies
like Sykes, Western
Union,Amazon.com, Citi,
and Fujitsu.
Costa Rica Banana Growers
Overcoming Tough 2008
Climate change and flooding conspired to make life tough for banana
producers in Costa Rica last year. César Mendoza Montoya, executive
assistant to the ceo of Corbana, Costa Rica’s national banana
corporation, told freshinfo: “The first four months of 2008 saw
irregular periods of rain, leading to drought, which saw lost
volumes.
An
Estimated 1 Million Dogs
Live On The Streets
In Costa Rica is not
unusual to see dogs
roaming the streets and
breaking garbage bags in
search for food.
According to the
Servicio Nacional de
Salud Animal (Senasa),
there are about 1
million street dogs in
the country. And that is
despite laws that
regulate the breeding,
the mistreatment and
abandonment of animals.
Nearly Half of Costa Rica
Prison Inmates Taking Classes
Next week some 3,600 of Costa Rica's 8,000 inmates will begin the
2009 school course, in which they will be given elementary, high
school, university or art classes, Costa Rica's ministra de Justicia
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Joy and
flavour
of
Puntarenas
as the
streets
of the
port
town
fill
with
live
music,
comparsas,
clowns,
fireworks,
rides
and much
more fun
for the
entire
family.
The
annual
carinval
runs
until
Sunday
22
February.
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Puntarenas.com] |
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Puntarenas Carnaval Awaits
You With Open Arms
The 10 day Puntarenas Carnaval that
began on Thursday (Feb 12) is in full swing, with a program loaded
with lots of music, arts, parades, and of course beautiful women in
skimpy bikinis. Frommer's calls the Puntarenas carnival the "queen"
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Panama Canal Forecasts Drop Due To Recession
Panama - The Panama Canal Authority has forecast a 5 per cent drop in cargo tonnage going through the waterway in the 2008-09 fiscal year as cargo transit has been badly hit by the ongoing economic crisis, EFE reported on Tuesday.
PAHO Praises
Cuba Docs in Guatemala
Guatemala - Pan American Health Organization representative to
Guatemala Joaquin Molina highlighted the work by Cuban doctors and
those graduated from the Latin American School of Medicine in the
country's rural areas.
Colombia: Uribe, Use of
Force Against Guerrilla
Bogotá - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe ordered the
Colombian Army and Police Friday to get more severe military actions
against the guerrillas to liberate the retained prisoners by those
armed groups by force.
Marches Close
Venezuela Referendum Campaign
Caracas - Caravans by supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez, and marches by his adversaries mark the end Friday of the
campaign over the constitutional referendum that would allow
successive re-election of public posts.
Bolivia for
Honest Supreme Court
La Paz - Bolivian Vice Minister of Justice, Wilfredo Chavez
accused the Supreme Court of maneuvers to guarantee impunity of
former president, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada (1993-1997, 2002-2003)
indicted for corruption and genocide.
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HEALTH-BRAZIL:
Older Women at Higher Risk from AIDS
A survey by the Health Ministry found that 55.3 percent of Brazilian women aged between 50 and 64 regularly have sex, but only 28 percent practice safe sex including condom use with casual contacts, that is with men who are not their regular partners.
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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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