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Women Drivers In Costa
Rica Get Bad Rap, But
Numbers Prove Different
Women drivers all around
always get a bad rap. We
have all heard about the
danger of a woman behind
a wheel or of how, at
the scene of an
accident, a woman must
have been involved. No
different in Costa Rica.
However, the numbers
tell a different story.
Parque Nacional Manuel
Antonio Set To Close Feb 26 Unless
In four days the Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio will have its doors
closed by the Ministerio del Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones
(Minaet) if it does not correct the environmental problems found in
the national park, a major tourist attraction for both national and
foreign visitors.
Attacks On Public Buses
Resumes
Riding the bus to Pavas, León 13, Hatillo, La Uruca has always been
a risky business. Now, you can add San Pedro and Alajuela to the
list, as thugs have been picking on solitary bus routes for some
time to steal from the driver and passengers.
Companies Cutting
Expenses In Lieu of Jobs
Many of the companies
with a 1.000 or more
employees have made cuts
in their operating
expenses in lieu of
cutting jobs as the face
the financial crisis.
Companies like Dos Pinos,
Bridgestone, Coca Cola,
Intel and TACA, have all
preferred not to cut
jobs at this time.
Transit Stints To Continue
in Guanacaste During Summer
(InfoWebPress )
– Even though school officially started this Feb.
16, Transit Police stints on the Pan American Highway North in
Guanacaste will continue throughout the dry season, when the
province’s beaches attract the highest number of national and
international tourists. |
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"Casa
Amarilla",
the home
of the
Ministerio
de
Relaciones
Exteriores
-
Foreign
Ministry
- has
come
under
criticism
for
announcing
the
closing
of its
embassies
in the
Czech
Republic,
Paraguay
and
Bolivia
and not
notifying
the
respective
governments.
The
closures
do not
affect
diplomatic
relations
between
those
countries,
as it is
only a
cost
cutting
measure
on the
part of
the
Arias
government. |
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Bilingual Job Fair Attracts
Thousands
At the close of the fifth Feria Bilingüe (bilingual job fair) going
on at the Cenac, some 6.000 have come through the door looking to
fill the 3.500 job positions offered by international companies
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Nicaragua 2008 Red Beans
Exports End Up 10% At 59,202 Tons
Dow Jones - Nicaraguan
exports of red beans in the calendar year 2008 rose 10% to end the
year with total shipments at 59,202 metric tons, the Nicaraguan
Export Statistics Center, Cetrex, said Friday.
Panama Has A New Barista
Champion
Panama Star Thanks to the Specialty
Coffee Association of Panama (SCAP) and the World Barista
Championship (WBA), Panama will compete amongst highly skilled
professionals, in the preparation art and understanding of coffee,
for the first time.
Salvadorian Policemen in
Haiti Peace Mission
San Salvador - Five
Salvadorian policemen will travel to Haiti as members of a
peacekeeping mission next week, official sources said on Friday.
Cuba Appoints 3 Vice
Presidents of Council of Ministers
Havana - Cuba's Council of State
appointed three vice presidents of the Council of Ministers,
according to a statement published Friday by local media.
Colombian Rebel Turncoat
Claims Betrayal
Bogota - He dealt
a major blow from within
to Colombia's leftist
rebels, killing a member
of the FARC's ruling
junta with a shot to the
head and toting the
man's severed hand out
of the jungle as proof.
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LATIN AMERICA:
Recession Challenges Fair Trade
The world economic recession is threatening the progress Latin America has made in fair trade. The leaders of this alternative form of exchange are making emergency contacts in order to assess the situation and come up with strategies to confront it.
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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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