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Police
records
show
that an
official
of the
"unidad
Delta 14
de la
Policía
de
Proximidad
de la
Delegación
de
Coronado"
issued a
ticket
on April
12 to a
mule
belonging
to
the farm
La
Estancia
Antigua,
en Patio
de Agua,
Coronado,
after it
bit a
visitor.
Question
is, who
will pay
the
ticket?
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Living Healthy to 100
A remarkable group of
centenarians living on
Costa Rica’s Nicoya
Peninsula share their
secrets.
It was sunrise in the
village of Hojancha when
Tommy Castillo and I
mounted a pair of bikes
and whizzed downhill
from his pink wooden
house into the steamy
Costa Rica morning.
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ICE Signs With MACH For
Roaming
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
announced that it has
contracted MACH to
provide effective and
reliable processes to
optimize roaming
profitability, dropping
VeriSign.
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Tip: Dialing The Eight Digits
To
make dialing less confusing under the new eight
digit number system, dial the 2 or 8 prefix
first then dial the seven digits as always.
Click here for
more tips |
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Long-Lived Costa Ricans
Offer Secrets to
Reaching 100
At the age of 101,
Abuela Panchita is still
a social butterfly. The
centenarian, who lives
on Costa Rica's Nicoya
Peninsula, has a solid
support network of
friends and family,
which includes a son in
his eighties who visits
her every morning on his
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
click
here!
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People Words
Spanish like
English has different names for different people. By learning the words
below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency.
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Tuesday 15
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Costa
Rican Catholic Church Paid Back Italian
Investor After Discovering Fraud
The Roman Catholic
church in Costa Rica gave back
us$700.000 to Italian Giovanni Bondaz
from his deposit in a bank account of
the Conferencia Episcopal, even though
there is the possibility the Italian
politician may have already had been
paid back, according to a report by the
daily Spanish language, La Nación.
Striking Teachers and
Education Authorities To
Meet Today
Following three weeks of
strike by teachers
belonging to the
Asociación de Profesores
de Segunda Enseñanza
(APSE) there is hope of
a solution as union
leaders are expected
today to meet with
officials of the
Ministerio de Educación
Pública (MEP).
Environmental
Authorities Close Three
Hotels in Caribbean
The Ministerio de
Ambiental y Energia (MINAE)
- Costa Rican
environmental authority
- say they have closed
three hotels in the
Caribbean for causing
environmental damage.
Cold Front Hits San José
Better get the winter
coat out as a cold front
from Belize is expected
to hit the Central
Valley (San José) and
the Atlantic coast and
will last until
Thursday, according to
predictions by the
Instituto Meteorológico
Nacional (IMN) -
national weather
service.
Wal-Mart Aims To Fill
500 New Jobs
For those looking for
work, Wal-Mart Costa
Rica has good news, as
they will be heading the
Feria de Empleo 2008 on
April 26 and 27.
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Central American
Parliament to Meet in
Panama
The Central American
Parliament (PARLACEN)
Integration and
Political commissions
will hold meetings in
Panama this year,
according to a schedule
published in this
capital.
Strong Earthquake Hits
Guatemala Coast
An earthquake measuring
6.1 on the Richter scale
struck close to the
Pacific Coast of
Guatemala Monday night,
according to reports.
Ecuador Denies It
Acquiesces In Activities
of Colombian Rebels
The Ecuadorian
government Monday firmly
denied it acquiesced in
the activities of the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
on its soil, demanding
Colombia clarify its
accusation against
Ecuador.
Colombian Navy Destroys
Five Cocaine Labs
Colombia's Navy reported
Monday it destroyed five
labs used to process
cocaine on the
Colombia's border with
Ecuador, and arrested at
least two former
paramilitaries guarding
the location.
Brazil Declares State of
Emergency in 101
Localities Due To Floods
Floods caused 101
municipalities to
declare a state of
emergency, as 17,000
people were displaced in
Paraiba, in northeastern
Brazil, Brazilian media
reported on Monday.
BRAZIL:
Full Frontal Attack on
AIDS Among Gays
The poster, reminiscent
of the film "American
Beauty," features a nude
young man in a sensual
pose lying on (and
partly covered by)
masses of pink condoms,
with the legend "Do
whatever you want but do
it with a condom." It is
part of a new Brazilian
campaign against
HIV/AIDS aimed at gays.
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12 April 2008 |
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