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A Rawlings employee sews baseballs for use at the 2010 Major League Baseball tournament at a factory in Turrialba, Costa Rica. The average baseball is only used for a few pitches in the U.S. Major Leagues, but for the Costa Ricans who make them each ball is the result of hours of painstaking stitching by hand. [Foto: REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate] |
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Legislators Approve Drop In Traffic Fines,
With Exceptions
The country's legislators approved to reduce
the fines in the new Ley de Tránsito that
went into effect on March 1, 2010. However,
the reduction in fines apply only those
traffic violations that do not involve
highly dangerous behaviour like drinking and
driving and reckless driving.
Drop In
Gasoline Prices On The Way
Filling the gas tank this month will be a
little cheaper as the Autoridad Reguladora
de Servicios Públicos (Aresep) is processing
a reduction in gasoline prices that will
take effect in the coming week.
Chinchilla
Begins Naming Of Ministers and
Vice-Ministers For Her Government
President-elect
Laura Chinchilla has begun announcing her
choice of ministers and vice-ministers as
she prepares to take office on May
8th,looking within the current government
for her choices.
Job
Growth Expected In Costa Rica
Manpower in Costa Rica says that Costa Rican
businesses are expected to be increasing
their hiring by 28% between April and June,
while only 5% will be reducing staff and 66%
will not be altering its staff size.
Limbaugh: I’m Moving to Costa
Rica If . . .
The nation’s leading radio host Rush
Limbaugh said Tuesday that he would leave
the United States for medical care if
President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan is
passed and implemented – a comment that was
erroneously reported as meaning he’d
permanently move to Costa Rica.
Made in Costa
Rica: U.S. Major League baseballs
TURRIALBA, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The
average baseball is only used for a few
pitches in the U.S. Major Leagues, but for
the Costa Ricans who make them each ball is
the result of hours of painstaking stitching
by hand.
Guns 'N
Roses Is Coming To Costa Rica After All
Altough Axl Rose made the statement last
week on facebook that GUNS N' ROSES would
not appear in Costa Rica, Todoticket has
begun selling tickets for the April 9
appearance.
HPV Vaccine
Provides Little Benefit for Older Women
Researchers from Costa Rica have reported
that women over the age of 40 are not likely
to benefit from vaccination to prevent human
papillomavirus (HPV). The details of this
study were published in the March 3, 2010
issue of the Journal of the National Cancer
Institute.
Cosevi
To Open Special Window For Responsible
Drivers Renewing License
Responsible drivers who want to renew their
license before expiry have complained to the
Consejo de Seguridad Vial (Cosevi) of the
long lines they face, forced to line up with
those who have let their license expire and
now are in a rush to renew to avoid the high
fines of the new traffic law.
Costa Rica
Now With Its Own Coin Mint
Costa Rica now
has its own mint following an investment of
us$4 millin dollars of Swiss and Costa Rican
business interests, which is to provide
coins for the Banco Central de Costa Rica
and other Central American and Caribbean
countries.
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