Thursday 27 November
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
40.000 Affected, As Rain
Continues To Batter The
Caribbean, US Lends A
Helping Hand
50.000 GSM Lines
Available December 15
Criminals Tamper With Street Telephone
Boxes To Extract Financial Information
Architects Head South to
Weather the Economic
Storm
Government To Shut Down
December 19 For Holidays
Banco Negro Becomes Banco Gris
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Government To Shut Down
December 19 For Holidays
The ministro de la
Presidencia, Rodrigo
Arias, announced
yesterday holiday
closures for government
offices and agencies.
During a cabinet
meeting, Arias said that
all central government
employees, offices and
agencies will be closed
between December 19,
2008 and January 5,
2009.
Arias was quick to point
out that the holiday
vacation period is only
for 8 days, not counting
statutory holidays
(December 25 and January
1) and weekends, when
government workers and
offices are closed.
Arias added that the
Fuerza Pública (police),
Policía del Tránsito
(traffic police) and
medical staff of th Caja
Costarricense de Seguro
Social (CCSS) hospitals
and clinics are not
affected by the holiday
schedule and will be in
full force.
Autonomous state
agencies like ICE, INS
and AyA, for instance
have their own holiday
schedule, which is yet
to be announced.
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Rodrigo Arias Sanchez,
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