U.S. citizen slain in own
home
David Kane, was murdered Jan
5. in his home in La Granja, San Pedro, the apparent
victim of a robbery. ·
U.S. Citizen charges
with Pimping and Child Pornography
Police, this week,
detained a 52 year old U.S. Citizen and a 23 year old Tico
for allegedly pimping of minors and producing child
pornography. The Costa Rican was released without charges.
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Higher fuel costs to
come
Although it
was an increase was just approved, get ready for another
two increases in the price of fuel in the coming weeks.
·
Prices of eggs go down
Due to an
overproduction, the eggs will begin to go down in price in
the next days. ·
Swindle Alert
A Costa Rican lost
$60,000 (¢24 million) in an internet swindle, when
responding an electronic mail of a company that offered to
help to recover inheritances and fortunes in exchange for
a commission. ·
Public Registry 250,000
inscriptions are in risk
Did you present
documents for inscription of property, houses, vehicles,
public companies or mortgages in the Public Registry
before November of 1998? If your answer is yes, go to the
next question. ·
Mass return
Thousands of illegal
immigrants from Nicaragua staged a mass return to Costa
Rica in the first few days of 2003. They spent Christmas
and New Year in their homeland, but now returned to Costa
Rica. ·
Seasons death toll
The Christmas and New
Year period is usually high in violent deaths in Costa
Rica, and the end of 2002 was not the exception. According
to official data, there were 40 violent deaths between
December 24 and January 1, 10 more than in the same period
at the end of 2001. ·
9.68 percent inflation
The overall inflation for last year was 9.68 percent, the
lowest figure for a year since 1993; however, it remained
at above 9 percent, following a trend which is already 19
years old. ·
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