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Telecom Competitors
Criticize New Regulator
Two telecommunications
companies interested in
providing telephone and
internet services in
Costa Rica, competing
with the state telecom,
the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE), have
come out fighting.
Politicians Cannot Use
Public Spaces For Their Propaganda
The Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) has warned candidates
seeking their party's nomination for the 2010 presidential elections
that they cannot litter public areas like utility poles, trees, bus
stops and buildings with elections propaganda.
US Company Starting Up
Operations in Costa Rica
While some foreign companies in Costa Rica like Sylvania and Merck
Sharp & Dome, are scaling down their operations here, others like
Arcus is setting up shop, who yesterday announce the opening of a
Near-Shore Solutions Centre in San José.
"Paseo
Millonarios" Down 60%
The practice of shutting
down the automated
teller machines (ATM's)
at night has greatly
reduced "paseos
millonarios", criminals
holding up ATM customers
and taking them for a
ride to various bank
machines to withdraw the
most from their plastic.
Bilingual Job
Fair This Weekend
An estimated
10.000 people are expected to attend the bilingual job fair starting
today at the Centro Nacional de Cultura (CENAC) in downtown San
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Most
teenagers
go to
the mall
to hang
with
their
friends.
However,
15 year
old
Carol
Pacheco
had a
different
idea
yesterday
when she
attempted
to jump
off the
upper
floor
off the
mall San
Pedro.
After an
hour of
taking
with
authorities,
Carol
decided
to climb
down and
all
ended
well.
[Foto:
Victor
Benavides] |
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