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New Manual for Vehicular
Inspections
In
Effect
Today
Today,
June
1,
goes
into
effect
the
new
manual
with
respect
to
the
annual
vehicular
inspection
or
Riteve.
The
new
rules
were
introduced
by
the
Ministerio
de
Obras
Públicas
y
Transportes
(MOPT)
to
ensure
stricter
and
fairer
testing
of
all
vehicles. |
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Costa
Rica's
Homicide
Rate
Sees
Drop
Although
the
general
feeling
on
insecurity
continues
high
there
is a
ray
of
hope
with
a
decrease
in
homicide
rates.
According
to
the
Sección
de
Estadística
del
Departamento
de
Planificación
del
Poder
Judicial
the
number
of
homicides
dropped
from
527
victims
in
2010
to
474
in
2011,
that
is
53
less
murders.
Novel
App
Allows
Search
For
Tourism
Discounts
in
Costa
Rica
Toditico
is a
new
application
for
Apple
and
Android
systems
to
allow
users
to
view
current
promotions
and
discounts
in
Costa
Rica.
Paolo
Montoya
To
Represent
Costa
Rica
in
2012
Olympics
Paolo
Montoya
was
appointed
by
the
Federación
Costarricense
de
Ciclismo
(FECOCI)
-
Costa
Rican
Cycling
Federation
- to
represent
Costa
Rica
for
mountain
biking
in
the
2012
Olympics
in
London.
Written
Driving
Exam
With
More
Questions
Starting
Monday
Starting
Monday,
June
04,
the
written
test
drivers
examination
will
be
expanded
to
40
questions
from
25
and
students
will
have
five
minutes
more
to
answer
them.
Former
Security
Minister
Accused
of
Domestic
Violence
Against
78
Year
Old
Mother
Lawyer
and
former
ministro
de
Segurida
Publica
and
a
common
face
on
local
television
legal
commentary,
Juan
Diego
Castro,
will
be
in
need
of a
good
criminal
lawyer,
after
being
accused
by
his
78
year
old
mother
for
alleged
crimes
of
physical
and
psychological
prejudice
against
the
elderly.
Catholic
Church
in
Costa
Rica
Sells
Sama
Stock
to
Panamanian
Firm
The
Catholic
Church's
Episcopal
Conference
has
sold
its
25.5%
of
stock
in
Grupo
Sama
to a
Panamanian
firm,
Ronda
Investment
S.A.
The
deal
reportedly
netted
the
Conference
¢6.45
billion
colones.
TECHNOLOGY
Costa Rica Technology Insight 2012
Costa Rica occupies the first position of innovative country of Latin America, thid position in the Networked Readiness Index and is the 4th High-tech exporter of the world, according to World Development Indicators 2011, World Bank. In addition, San José is the third city of Outsourcing in Latin America according to the Tholons Top100 Outsourcing Destinations 2012.
TECHNOLOGY
Smartphone
Digital
Camera
Or
Digital
Camera
Smartphone?
Is
it a
camera
or
phone?
Well
both,
says
Panasonic
of
its
Lumix
Phone
102P
and
not
sucking
much
at
being
a
camera
or a
phone. |
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