An undated image released by the Under Sea Hunter organization shows a hammerhead shark photographed near Coconut Island, 500 kilometres off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Decisions to tighten or relax trade protection for elephants in Zambia and two species of sharks prized for their fins or meat could be overturned on the last day of a key UN wildlife meeting today. [Foto: AFP/HO |
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Dollar Drops To ¢518.
Ouch!
The exchange
rate posted by the Banco Central (Central
Bank) this Thursday morning is ¢518.51
colones for each US dollar for the buy and
¢528.78 for the sell, a drop of ¢12.36
and ¢12.52, respectively, from Monday's
opening.
The Real Deal
Nine ministers and cabinet heads have been
named by president-elect Laura Chinchilla.
They are pretty much the same recycled group
of people that have held the reigns of power
whenever a member of the Liberacion Nacional
party got elected president.
Spend Semana Santa Anywhere, But Securely
Although Monday
is the official start of the Semana Santa
week in Costa Rica, unofficially it is
tomorrow, Friday, March 26, as the mass
exodus to the beach and mountain resorts
begins.
A Glance into Costa Rica’s
Health Care System
By Juan Carlos Hidalgo,
www.cato-at-liberty.org
Costa Rica – my home country – has suddenly
become part of the health care debate after
celebrity radio talk show host, Rush
Limbaugh said that he would move to Costa
Rica if ObamaCare were approved by Congress.
Days Are Numbered For TDMA
Cell Phone Users
The 257.000 customers who are still
connected to the TDMA network will have only
a few weeks more of service before the
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) permanently discontinues the service.
Former Conjoined Twins In
Custody Of Costa Rica's Child Services
Former conjoined twins, Yurelia and Fiorlla,
are today in the hands of the Patronato
Nacional de la infancia (PANI) - Child
Welfare Agency - following reports of
unhealthy living conditions in the family
home.
Porteadores To Resume Protests After Semana
Santa
The porteadores
decided last night to suspend the protect
action announced for today (Thursday). In
fact, they will no take to the streets until
after Semana Santa.
Electricity Going Up 10%
The cost of
electricity is going up 10% with the
approval of the Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep) following an
increase in rates by the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE).
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