The "Platina" bridge hours after it was repaired for the second time in three weeks last August. The bridge continues today, unrepaired, as westbound traffic continues to have to negotiate the 10cm (4 inch) gap between the sections. Click here for update. |
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Homosexuality:
Born or Made?
Controversy
Stirs In Costa
Rica
Homosexuality
has been
practiced for
thousands of
years. Simply
put,
homosexuality is
defined as
sexual relations
between like
genders (i.e.,
two males or two
females). Many
people now
believe that
homosexuality is
part of who a
person really is
from the moment
of conception.
Platina Bridge
Congestion Continues As CONAVI Seeks
Solution
Although westbound traffic continues to back
up every day on the autopista General Cañas
at the Virilla or "platina" bridge, the
solution to the problems still is far from
being resolved, as the process is stuck in
legal procedures, while drivers slowly move
through the area.
Now with FREE
International Text Messaging
PLN To Push For
An End To Riteve
Monopoly
The vehicular
inspection
company, Riteve,
may have its
days of monopoly
numbered if the
new legislators
of the Partido
Liberación
Nacional (PLN)
have their way.
Former Costa
Rican President
Figueres Backs
Sustainability
Economic growth
does not have to
come at the
expense of the
environment,
said José María
Figueres, Costa
Rica's former
president in a
speech at Duke
University on
Thursday.
Pineapple
Growers Must
Confront
Environmental
Criticism
Procomer (Costa
Rica's export
promotion
agency) declared
that exports of
pineapple from
Costa Rica
reached us$572
million in 2009,
a similar figure
to 2008. However
according to the
guild of
pineapple
growers (CANAPEP)
exports
increased about
5%.
Saving The
Leatherbacks…
And Costa Rica’s
Parks
Last night I
spoke with
Randall Aruaz,
the winner of a
2010 Goldman
Environmental
Prize, about the
challenges of
conservation
work. Randall is
from Costa Rica,
a country which
in many ways has
done a lot to
preserve its
natural
treasures and
has created an
extensive system
of protected
areas.
Escazú,
Alajuelita and
Desamparados
Without Water On
Saturday
If you live in
Escazú centre,
San Antonio de
Escazú,
Alajuelita or
Desamparados,
better stock on
fresh water as
the taps will be
turned off
tomorrow,
Saturday,
between 8am and
6pm.
Calling On All The
Women Named María Rodríguez
If your name is María Rodríguez or know some
one named such, take note, television
producer, Fulfierros, is making a
documentary on the popular name and will be
shown in 13 countries in Latin America.
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