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Two men
and
woman
are in
police
custody
alleged
to have
been
involved
in the
shooting
death of
one
casino
worker
and
injury
of two
others
Tuesday
morning.
The two
men are
also
linked
to two
others
murders
in June
and
August
that
share a
similar
pattern.
OIJ
director,
Jorge
Rojas,
called
the two
men
"common
criminals
who
killed
only for
the joy
of doing
do". [Foto:
Oldemar
Siles] |
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Legal & Wedding Services in Guanacaste
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Grupo Mundial To Enter
Costa Rica, Colombia In
2009
Panama-based financial
group Grupo Mundial is
preparing to enter the
Costa Rican and
Colombian insurance
markets in 2009, said Jaime
Jean François, VP and
general manager of the
firm's investment
vehicle Mundial Desarrollo.
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Management Moment
While meant to be humorous, I
recently saw a bumper sticker
that read, “I’m on my way to
work, just kill me”
Inside Tip:
Walking the Romeria
If you decide to make
the walk to Cartago, here a few basis common
sense recommendations.
Click
here for more tips |
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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Saturday 01 November 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Click here for latest
road report by the
Policía de Tránsito,
Attack of Three Casino
Workers Could Have Been
Avoided, Says Fiscal
General
Two men are in police
custody after the murder
of one a hotel casino
worker and the shooting
of her sister and
co-worker in the early
hours of Tuesday morning
shocked the nation.
Luxury Home Tax To House
Poor
Costa Rican legislators
have approved a tax on
luxury homes that will
help eradicate "precarios"
(shantytowns), although
it is not known yet how
much money the tax will
raise and how it will
actually be used.
Law Requires Home
Address To Be Accurate
And Current
A new law, the Ley de
Notificaciones
Judiciales (Law of
Judicial Notices)
obligates every person
to update his or her
address in the Registro
Civil (Civil Registry)
and communicate any
changes. The aim of the
measure is to avoid
deliberate actions of
those who seek to evade
notices of a "demanda"
(judicial action).
Unemployment Looms
Costa Rican president
Oscar Arias warned that
it will impossible to
avoid unemployment
resulting from the
impact of the
international finance
crisis.
Gasoline Prices Coming
Down Next Week
Don't be too quick to
fill the gas tank this
weekend as the latest
round of gasoline price
drops will take effect
next week, possibly on
Thursday.
Ibero-Am Summit vs. US
Cuba Blockade
SAN SALVADOR - The Ibero-American
Summit, to be concluded
Friday in San Salvador,
rejected the US-imposed
blockade on Cuba and the
extra-territorial
Helms-Burton Act.
Panama Canal Says Credit
Crisis Won't Disrupt
Expansion Funding
PANAMA - The Panama
Canal Authority is
confident of winning
loans to fund a us$5.2
billion expansion to
more than triple the
waterway's cargo
capacity, even as the
global credit crisis
cuts access to funds and
threatens growth.
Venezuela Offers
Low-priced Food
CARACAS - The
Venezuelan network of
Food Markets (MERCAL)
will be selling 1,424
tons of basic foods at
low prices in 22 states,
it informed on Friday.
Venezuela Condemns
Deadly Bomb Attacks In
India
CARACAS - Venezuela has
strongly condemned
Thursday's bomb attacks
in India's northeastern
state of Assam, which
killed at least 72
people.
Global Downturn Will Not
Lead Brazil Into
Recession
RIO DE JANEIRO - The
global financial crisis
will not lead Brazil
into an economic
recession, Finance
Minister Guido Mantega
said Thursday.
LATIN AMERICA:
Campus Party to Bridge
Digital Gap
Seeking solutions for
closing the digital and
technological gap and
sharing innovative
experiences are the aims
of the Ibero-America
Campus Party, which is
being held parallel to
the 18th Ibero-American
summit of heads of state
and government this week
in El Salvador.
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