Carnage On the Road Continues
The carnage on Costa Rican roads continues as another family is killed, this time on the Interamericana Sur, in the early hours of Tuesday morning when a mother was taking her two children to school.

Customers With No Defense Against Unwanted Cellular Messages
First there was junk mail in our mailboxes. Then our computer mailboxes were filled with "spam". Now, our cellular telephones are targets of unwanted and undesired messages.

The Business of Cable Theft A Growing Problem
Cable theft has become a big headache and financial drain for the Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL), the light and power company, that supplies most of the electrical energey to residences and businesses in the country.

Comment Of An Arias Wedding Has Gossip Mill in Overtime
A commentary by veteran and respected journalist, Javier Rojas González, on Radio Columbia, got the Costa Rican gossip mill (farándula) working over time. The gossip? Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, will be tying the knot come February.

47.000 Families Live in Shantytowns
According to a report on the state of the nation on the development of the country, there are a total of 47.058 families living in "precarios" - shantytowns.