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Arias To Announce
Economic Plan Tonight
Costa Rican president, Oscar
Arias, is expected to
announce his economic
plan to face the world
financial crisis
tonight.
Homicides Up 24.6% Over Last Year
A study by the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) reveals
that homicides are up 24.6% over last year. The oIJ reports 86 more
homicide cases in 2008 over the the 2007.
Nación Announces
Cutbacks and Layoffs
The Grupo Nación,
publishers of the daily
La Nación, Al Día, La
Teja and Vuelta en U,
yesterday announced an
austerity plan that will
see the layoff of some
100 people in various
departments, including
magazines like SOSHO,
Perfil and radio
programs like Los 40
Principales and Bésame.
Merck Sharp & Dome Closing Costa
Rica Plant
Merck Sharp & Dome, (MSD, the international developer, manufacturer
and distributor of pharmaceuticals, in an effort to reduce costs has
announced the decision to close its Costa Rica operation, putting
104 people of of work.
ICE Assures Self
Proclaimed Rate Increase
Goes Into Effect
Tomorrow
Although the
Poder Ejecutivo
(government) is not
pleased with the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
plan to go ahead
increasing telephone
rates, the higher rates
will be a reality
tomorrow, Friday, 30
January.
Utility Withdraws
Request For Water Rate
Hike
The Acueductos y
Alcantarillados (AyA)
withdrew yesterday its
request for a 15%
increase in water rates
that was supposed have
taken effect in April if
approved by the
Autoridad Reguladora de
los Servicios Públicos (Aresep).
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Extra
terrestrials
caught
vacationing
in Costa
Rica.
While
tourism
officials
are
concerned
about
the the
decline
of
American
tourists
this
year and
focusing
more on
Europeans,
they
seem to
be
ignoring
the
skies.
The foto
of the
brightly
coloured
lights
hovering
in the
evening
skies
was
taken in
Alajuelita,
south of
San
Jose.
The
unusual
show saw
some
residents
leave
their "novelas"
to peek
out to
the
night
sky. And
then the
lights
were
gone. [Foto:
Oldemar
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Website Seeks To Track Unknown
Telemarketing Calls
An online database has been established at www.800notes.com to help phone service customers track
unsolicited calls from unknown phone numbers. The goal of the Web
site is to provide the public with a tool for compiling questionable
phone numbers and sharing information about those numbers. |
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LATIN AMERICA
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Positive Panama 2008 Eco-Activity
Panama - The Monthly
Index of Economic Activity (IMAE) of Panama grew 8.27 percent from
January to November of 2008, informed official sources.
Earthquakes Shake El
Salvador, Guatemala
Two earthquakes shook on Wednesday the
border regions of El Salvador and Guatemala and Ecuador, but there
were no reports of casualties or material damage.
Cuba Defends
Self-Determination
Havana - Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque ratified on
Wednesday that the Cuban people defend their right to have their own
political, economic and social system.
Argentinian Repressor to Answer for
Missing People
Buenos Aires - Argentinian
ex Colonel Hugo Carlos Fantoni, accused of direct participation in
the arrest and later disappearance of 16 people during the last
dictatorship (1976-83), will appear in court on Wednesday to make a
statement.
Venezuelans Fundraising
before Vote
Caracas - The
United Socialist Party
of Venezuela (PSUV)
continues fundraising
for a referendum on a
constitutional reform
that would allow for
successive re-election
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM:
"Wake Up, World!" - SOS
from the Amazon
A human banner made up of more than 1,000 people, seen and photographed
from the air, sent the
message "SOS Amazon" to
the world, in the first
action taken by
indigenous people hours
before the opening in
northern Brazil on
Tuesday of the 2009
World Social Forum (WSF).
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They Don't
Play Hockey
in Costa
Rica
Well, I have
returned
from my week
long winter
vacation in
the
wonderful
Costa Rica.
And after
nine days in
the Central
American
country,
after seeing
numerous
wildlife,
including
seven foot
iguanas,
poisonous
frogs, I
have made
the
following
discovery:
They don’t
play hockey
in Costa
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Quálitas
Eyes Expansion to Costa Rica,
Panama - Central America
Mexico's
largest automobile insurance
company Quálitas, which launched
operations in El Salvador
earlier this month, is analyzing
an expansion to Costa Rica and
Panama as part of its
internationalization strategy,
top executives from Quálitas
told BNamericas. |
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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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