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Traffic congestion continues to be a problem in San José despite efforts to reduce the number of vehicles in the city through the "pico y placa" program and high gasoline prices. Wednesdays all day and Friday afternoons seem to be the worst for traffic. |
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Traffic Cops, Cosevi
and IAFA To Ask Legislators To Approve
Traffic Law
A group of oficiales de Tránsito (traffic
cops), workers of the Consejo de Seguridad
Vial (Cosevi) and the Instituto Sobre
Alcoholismo y Farmacodependiencia (IAFA),
are expected to express the opinion in front
of the Legislative Assembly today, to
pressure legislators not to postpone, once
again, the new Ley de Tránsito, that is to
go into effect on March 1.
"El Menos Malo"
Political Campaign The Worst
The 2010 presidential elections are over and
while the Tibunal Supremo de Elecciones
(TSE) completes its manual count of all
votes, political parties and critics have
begun analyzing the results of the
individual campaigns and one consensus is
clear to all, the "menos malo" campaing by
the PUSC party was the worst of all.
Parents Keep Children
Away From School In Protest
Some 170 students of a local school in Santo
Domingo de Heredia are being kept home by
the parents who are protesting to have the
principal and a teacher return to the
school.
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Women Hired Killers In
Murder of American
The Fiscalía de Aguirre, Puntarenas and the
Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ)
have determined that two women conspired to
hire two youths to kill 64 year old
American, James Norris, last February in Los
Ángeles de Parrita.
1.500 Jobs Up For
Grabs At Universidad Fidélitas Job Fair
The Universidad Fidélitas began yesterday
the job fari, Ferio de Empleo IQ, offering
some 1.500 positions. The fair continues
today until 6:30pm.
"Platina" Bridge Repair Work To Start In Two
Weeks, MOPT Says
The traffic congestion at the "puente
platina", the Virrilla bridge on the
autopista General Cañas will get worse in a
couple of weeks when work crews try, again,
to repair the gap in the bridge.
India's State To
Replicate Costa Rica Model To Protect
Environment
India's state, Himachal Pradesh, would
replicate the Costa Rica model for
protecting Himalayan ecology by conserving
the environmental conditions, said Chief
Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at the concluding
ceremony of the International Conference on
Environment in San José, Costa Rica.
Higher Gasoline Prices Today
If you didn't fill
your gas tank last night or have been out of
the news in the last couple of days, you are
in for a surprise this morning, as gasoline
prices went up at the stroke of midnight.
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/ Latin America
VENEZUELA
Venezuela: Seized
Planes Linked to Drug Trafficking
CARACAS - Venezuelan National Security
Office confirmed the hypothesis that the
confiscated planes in Guarico were used for
drug trafficking.
ECUADOR
Ecuador Population
Aging, A Challenge
QUITO - A forecast on demographic changes in
Ecuador for 2025 indicates that the
population over 65-year-old will increase,
thus obliging the government to draw up a
plan in order to confront the challenges.
BOLIVIA
Bolivia Watchful for File
Declassification
LA PAZ - Expectations in Bolivia
keep increasing Tuesday with the
announcement that the government
has allowed declassifying
military files linked to
dictatorships.
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/ Special Reports
CENTRAL
AMERICA:
Women Eke Out a Living in
Informal Economy
"I've been
working in the streets since I
was a girl. My parents didn't
send me to school, so it's
really hard for me to find a
job," says Carol Orozco, 31, who
forms part of the veritable army
of vendors hawking their wares
on the streets of Central
America. |
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The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of
Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a
handheld tablet that is
a larger version of the
iPhone without the
telephony feature.
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