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Why Airplanes
Can't Land In Fog in San José
The foul weather and lack of proper equipment at
the Juan Santamaría (San José) international
airport has caused a headache and financial loss
for airlines and thousands of customers who saw
their trip to Costa Rica extended for hours, to
the next day in many cases.
Following months
of the traffic
lights at the
intersection of
Avenida Central
and Calle 5, not
working
properly, the
municipality of
San José says it
will have it and
all the other
malfunctioning
lights working
within two
weeks.
Meanwhile,
pedestrians on
the boulevard
have to continue
to dodge
vehicular
traffic through
the intersection
as neither know
how has the
right of way. |
Racsa Without Additional
Bandwidth For New
Customers
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) is well known for its shortage of cellular
telephone lines as it cannot keep up with the
demand.
A
Peaceful Nation
Colombia is
one of the least
peaceful countries in
the world, according to
the Global Peace Index,
created by the
Australian
philanthropist Steve
Killelea and compiled by
the Intelligence Unit of
The Economist, which
assesses both the
“domestic and external”
peace of 121 countries.
Spirit Airlines Adds
Flights To Costa Rica
Spirit Airlines today
begins operating two
flights daily between
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
and San José Costa Rica.
Carrington Receives
Renewal of Organic
Certification for Its
Aloe Vera Farm in
Liberia
Carrington Laboratories,
Inc. announced that Eco-Logica
has renewed the organic
certification for the
Aloe Vera L. grown at
Finca Sabila,
Carrington's Costa Rica
farming operation.
More
Panama Arrests for Toxic Meds
The Panamanian Prosecutors Office ordered the
arrest of Rene Luciani, director of Panama s
Social Security (CSS) and two of his
predecessors Friday, for the deaths of 101
people who consumed contaminated medications.
Guatemala Ex Prez Free on Technicality
Guatemalan ex President Alfonso Portillo was set
totally free in Mexico Friday, after Mexican
authorities granted him definitive shelter and
annuled the extradition process against him, his
lawyer announced.
Cuba
Says Fidel OK, Guantanamo Not
National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon told
CNN that Fidel Castro s health is on the mend
but the situation of human rights in the US
prison at Guantanamo bay, Cuba, is seriously
ill.
Farming Vital for Region, CARICOM
Heads of State and Agriculture and Finance
ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
meet today to discuss recovery of financial
flows and increased technical support for
diversifying agriculture.
Venezuelan ombudsman
reveals internet plot
against Chavez
An insurrection plot
exists in Venezuela
against President Hugo
Chavez by means of
Internet messages and
mobile phones following
last week's closedown of
Radio Caracas Television
(Rctv), an official
claimed on Friday.
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA:
Don't Cross that
Invisible Line
"We can't go from one
barrio to another.
Whoever does that is at
risk of losing their
life," a community
organiser in this
Pacific port city in
Colombia told IPS.
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