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Cinchona
Earthquake
Nightmare
Continues
On
January
8,
2009,
a
6.1
earthquake
devastated
the
area
known
a
Cinchona,
northwest
of
San
José.
The
earthquake
was
felt
all
over
Costa
Rica
as
well
as
in
southern
central
Nicaragua,
taking
34
lives,
including
three
children
and
left
about
64
people
missing. |
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Evangelical
Church
Fights
Sex
Education
in
Costa
Rica
The
Evangelical
Alliance
of
Costa
Rica
presented
the
Constitutional
Court
with
some
three
thousand
signatures
against
sex
education
programs
provided
by
the
Government
to
schools,
on
the
grounds
of
unconstitutionality.
ICE
Workers
To
Strike
July
30
Thousands
of
workers
of
the
Instituto
Costarricense
de
Electricidad
(ICE)
will
take
to
the
streets
on
July
30,
protesting
the
institute's
"voluntary
labour
mobility"
plans.
Millions
Demanded
From
Costa
Rica
For
Damage
to
San
Juan
River
Three
Nicaraguan
environmental
organizations
are
demanding
millions
of
dollars
from
the
Costa
Rican
government
in
economic
compensation
for
damage
Costa
Rica
allegedly
caused
to
the
river
San
Juan.
Deforestation
in
Arenal
Volcano
Park
Raises
Concern
for
Key
Basin
in
Costa
Rica
There
is
new
evidence
of
deforestation
in
Costa
Rica’s
Arenal
Volcano
National
Park,
which
is
located
in a
key
basin
area.
Children's
Museum
Prepares
For
Final
Days
of
School
Vacation
This
year's
mid-year
school
vacation
is
down
to
its
last
four
days,
as
students
head
back
to
school
on
Monday.
And
the
Museo
de
los
Niños
(Children's
Museum)
is
making
sure
the
day
last
days
of
vacation
are
happy
ones.
Costa
Rica:
Two
Poisonous
Snakes
For
Every
Hectare
Snakes
are
one
of
the
most
feared
animals
by
people,
and
Costa
Rica
is
full
of
them.
According
to
research
by
the Instituto
Clodomiro
Picado,
there
are
at
least
two
venomous
snakes
for
every
hectare
(10.000
square
metres),
an
area
equal
to
two
community
central
parks.
The OneCall Ground Transportation Experience!
Pricesmart
Offer
Public
Apology
For
Accident,
Will
Reach
Out
of
Court
Settlement
Pricesmart
in
Costa
Rica
says
it
will
reach
an
out
of
court
settlement
with
Zaida
del
Carpio
López,
the
74
year
old
woman
who
suffered
severe
injuries
when
a
pallet
fell
on
her
while
shopping
at
the
Escazú
membership
store.
Costa
Rica:
21
Firms
Seek
1,200
Employees
At
the
job
fair
at
Universidad
Hispanoamerica
in
Llorente
de
Tibas
July
18th
and
19th,
21
firms
of
widely
varied
labor
needs
will
be
seeking
applicants
who
can
fill
1,200
vacant
posts. |
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