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Chicken Virus Alert in Guácimo,
Limón
The Servicio Nacional de Salud
Animal del Ministerio de la
Producción informs us that the
virus known as "Laringotraqueítis
infecciosa" (infectious
laringotraqueitis) that killed
40 chickens last week in Guácimo
is no threat as the virus is not
transmitted to humans.
Former President Calderón And
Others To Be Formally Charged
Today in the Caja-Fischel
Scandal
Former president, Rafael Ángel
Calderón (1990 - 1994); the
former president and former
director of the Caja
Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)
- also known as the Caja, Eliseo
Vargas and Gerardo Bolaños
Alpízar; and the president of
the Corporación Fischel, Walter
Reiche Fischel, will be formally
charged by the Fiscalía
(prosecutor's office) for their
part iin the Caja-Fischel
scandal.
The
Longest Day of the Year;
Veranillo de San Juan
Today, is the longest day of the
year or Summer Solstice, an
astronomical term regarding the
position of the sun in relation
to the celestial equator.
Chiquita Nogal Reserve Named
Official Private Wildlife Refuge
in Costa Rica
Already a source of top quality
bananas, a Chiquita farm in
Costa Rica is now also an
unusual eco-tourism destination,
as the Nogal Reserve, a
protected area of rainforest on
the farm, has been officially
designated a private wildlife
refuge by the country’s
government.
A Real Fiasco As Ticos Lose 2-1
to Poland
There was a soccer game
yesterday? Unlike the frenzy of
game 1 and the possibility of
maybe winning game 2,
yesterday's game 3 was just
another day on the calendar.
To Shag Or Not To Shag? The
World Cup Dilemma
We've been keeping a keen -
some might say unhealthy - eye
on the amount of World Cup
nookie being handed out to World
Cup players during the
tournament, and the results have
been terrifically inconclusive.
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