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Tropical Depression
Causes Disasters
The rainy season has
definitely started and
it has come in with a
bang, causing flooding,
landslides and concern
among many all over the
country as to what is in
store for the coming
months.
Banks Will Be
Required To Increase Their Reserves
Banks and financial
institutions will be soon required to
maintain a reserve of 15% of its
earnings as a protective measure against
risks of its daily operations.
Ethanol Gasoline Will
Mean Added Cost To
Owners Of Older Vehicles
Owners of older
vehicles will have to
spend between us$50 and
us$100 to have their
gasoline tanks cleaned
and change the fuel
filter before they can
begin to fill the tank
with ethanol gasoline
that will begin to be
sold at all gasoline
stations in October.
Rain or Not, The Big
Game Is On Today
Come noon the country
will come to a stand
still as the "big game"
- the championship game
- between between rivals
La Liga Alajuelense and
Saprissa is played.
Costa Rica Star Fonseca
Tries Out With
Earthquakes
Rolando Fonseca, Costa
Rica's all-time leading
scorer, is the latest
international player
trying out with the
Earthquakes.
Regulator Investigating
Five Gasoline Stations
With Greedy Pumps
The Autoridad Reguladora
de Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
- regulator of public
prices and services -
said it is investigating
five gasoline stations
for having their pumps
rigged to dispense less
gasoline for the money.
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Central America,
Caribbean Join To Tackle
Climate Change
A summit of Central
American and Caribbean
nations on climate
change issued a
declaration as a
regional strategy on
tackling this global
issue Wednesday, reports
reaching here aid.
Guatemala's Capital
Still on Strike
Guatemala's capital
transport workers
stopped their works for
the second day to
protest against a rise
in fuel prices and the
tariffs demanded by bus
owners.
US Deports 300 Hondurans
a Month
About three hundred
Hondurans are deported
every month from the
United States, confirmed
the Center of Attention
for Returned Migrants (CAMR).
Venezuela-Cuba Steel
Joint Venture On
Venezuela and Cuba
confirmed the creation
of a joint venture in
the steel industry, to
produce and distribute
stainless and special
steel, said ministerial
sources Wednesday.
Moderate Earthquakes
Jolt Chile, Peru
A moderate earthquake
measuring 5.3 on the
Richter scale hit
southern Peru Wednesday
afternoon, while two
tremors jolted Chile a
few hours earlier,
according to the two
countries' seismological
services.
COLOMBIA:
Hostage-Prisoner Swap a
Mirage
"It is painful to die
without seeing my son
free," said 62-year-old
Pedro Manuel Pérez eight
days before he died of
leukaemia. His funeral
in the northern
Colombian city of
Riohacha put an end to
his 10-year wait for the
release of his hostage
son by the FARC
guerrillas.
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29 May 2008 |
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