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Salud To Close Manuel
Antonio Park For Appalling Conditions
The Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio could be shut down the end of the
month unless the Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y
Telecomunicaciones (Minaet) corrects a number of deficiencies
signalled by the Área Rectora de Salud de Aguirre (local health
department), following a visit to the park last week.
Magisterio Authorized To
Sell Insurance, Competition For The INS
The insurance monopoly in Costa Rica held by the Instituto Nacional
de Seguros (INS) is definitely at an end with the decision yesterday
by the Superintendencia de Pensiones (Supen) to allow the Seguros
del Magisterio S.A. to offer life and medical insurance, as well as
vehicle and home insurance policies.
BCR Caps Mortgage Loans
At 15%
The Banco de Costa Rica
(BCR) announced
yesterday that it will
cap the interest rate at
15% for one year on all
new home loans after
February 1st. The rate
cap is part of the state
bank's program "Mano
Solidario" to help Costa
Ricans face the economic
crisis.
Central America
Coffee-Price Slide Hits
Costa Rica Producers
(Reuters) - A surprise
drop in coffee prices
late last year has left
some Costa Rican coffee
millers in the lurch,
forcing them to sell the
crop below cost and
raising fears of
shutdowns if prices fall
further.
Canada and Costa Rica
Conclude Air Transport Agreement
A newly reached Open Skies-type air transport agreement with Costa
Rica is good news for travellers and Canadian businesses, announced
Canada's Transport Minister, John Baird, and Minister of
International Trade, Stockwell Day.
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Will the
Juan
Santamaría
(San
José)
airport
ever be
finished?
Yesterday
the
Contraloría
General
de la
República
(CGR)
put the
brakes
on the
transfer
of the
airport
from
Alterra
to
Sistema
de
Aeropuertos
de
Houston
(HASDC)
until
the
financing
plan is
in
place.
Another
set back
for an
airport
that has
seen its
completion
construction
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ICE Puts Time Limit On
Cellular Connection
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) said yesterday
that those customers with reservations for a new GSM cellular line
will have two weeks from their appointed date to connect to the
network or lose their place in line.
Women Find
Female Condom Too
Costly, Study Reveals
A study measuring
short-term female condom
acceptability among 51
female sex workers in
San José was carried out
by the Instituto
Latinoamericano de
Prevención y Educación
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