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ICE To
Expand To Tunnel Road Building
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - the
state monopoly on
electricity and
telecommunications - had
decided to venture into
tunnel road building.
And although underground
road building is new
business to ICE, it is
an expert in tunneling.
MOPT Suggests Removal
Of Jail Penalty In New
Traffic Law
Officials of the
Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
has drafted a series of
"suggestions" for
legislators for them to
consider in discussing
the new Ley de Tránsito
(traffic law).
National Emergency
Declared For Northern Zone
Los Chiles in the
northern zone of the country has been
hit with a drought that has left
hundreds of animals dead and threatening
the health and livelihood of thousands
of area residents. Yesterday, the
government issued a national emergency
for the area, a move that allows
resources to be directed to the affected
area.
Morgue Operating
Without Permit
Unbelievable, but true -
the Complejo Forense del
Organismo de
Investigación Judicial
(morgue) located in San
Joaquín de Flores, that
opened its doors almost
a decade ago, does not
have a "permiso de
funcionamiento del
Ministerio de Salud" - a
permit to operate.
ICE Will Refund
Deposit on TDMA Lines
The Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE)
announced yesterday that it will refund
the ¢12.500 colones deposit to all its
TDMA customers once it begins to remove
the lines from the market next year. The
withdrawl of the service will affect
400.000 users.
Did You Feel It?
An earthquake
registering 4.1 on the
Richter scale shook and
rolled San José
yesterday afternoon at
4:41pm.
Who Heads Cabinet
Sessions While President Mum?
So, with president Oscar
Arias, under doctors' order to keep
quiet for the coming weeks, who heads
the cabinet sessions?
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Central America
Evaluates Trade Accords
The Managing Directors
for Trade Agreements in
Central America and the
Dominican Republic
evaluated the course of
the commercial
agreements in the
countries of the area,
commented several media
in this country
Thursday.
Colombian "Farcpolítica"
Scandal Hits Nicaragua
Nicaragua's President
Daniel Ortega is under scrutiny for
supposed links to Colombia's FARC
guerillas. In one "partially decoded"
February e-mail supposedly recovered
from the computer of late FARC commander
Raúl Reyes, fellow FARC director Iván
Márquez wrote that Ortega could send via
Venezuela's Hugo Chávez "some old
caucheras they are keeping there [in
Nicaragua], and he believes still
function."
Cuba Urges U.S. Not To
Send Money To
"Mercenaries"
The United States should
stop sending money to
"mercenaries" that have
fermented internal
destabilization of Cuba,
Cuban Foreign Minister
Felipe Perez Roque said
Thursday.
Colombia Eradicates
Illegal Crops On Border
With Venezuela
Colombia began on
Thursday to destroy
illegal crops near its
border with Venezuela as
part of an
anti-narcotics program
by the government,
police said.
Sao Paulo's Gay Pride
Parade To Gather 3.5
Million People
The 12th Sao Paulo Gay
Pride Parade is expected
to gather 3.5 million
people from all parts of
the world on Sunday, the
event's organizers said
Thursday.
CUBA:
Officials Demand
Explanations from US on
Dissident Funds
The Cuban government
demanded that the United
States provide
explanations for what it
described as "obscure
ties" between U.S.
diplomatic personnel in
Havana, "terrorist"
groups in Miami and
members of dissident
organisations, in a case
that has further heated
up relations between the
two countries.
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