¡CHUZO POLICIAL!
The Vigilancia Aérea de la Fuerza Pública show off their latest patrol car, a Hummer! The luxury vehicle was confiscated from a drug trafficker and is being put to "put to use" to combat the war on drugs and money laundering in the country. See story. |
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Let’s Get Back
To Costa Rica:
Tropical
“Yes,”
the green season
or rainy season
as the rest of
the world might
know it is close
at hand. I say
you’ve got to
love it! A tan
and green at the
same time.
Students
Riot At The Universidad
de Costa Rica
The Universidad
de Costa Rica (UCR)
was the scene of
a riot on Monday
afternoon when
police tried to
arrest a UCR
transit police
officer. The
students began
rioting when
agents of the
Organismo de
Investigación
Judicial (OIJ)
entered the
university
campus groups to
arrest the man.
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International Text Messaging
Gasoline Price Hike
Approved For Next Week
Although gasoline prices are going down next
month (see
report) due to the fall in the
dollar, the Autoridad Reguladora de
Servicios Públicos (Aresep) approved on
Monday an increase of to take effect next
week.
Ley de Tránsito
Reforms Vote
Expected Today
Amid the clamor
of those calling
for zero
tolerance of
drinking and
driving,
legislators are
expected to vote
today on the
reforms of the
Ley de Tránsito.
It 's Official:
No Gun N'Roses
Concert In Costa
Rica!
Promoters of the
Gun N'Roses
concert that was
announced for
tonight, replacing
the cancelled
concert of last
Friday, said
there will be no
concert and work
on the building
of the stage at
the La Guacima
has come to a
halt.
Aerosmith Coming
To Costa Rica
On June 1
Steven Tyler and
his group of
rockers known as
Aerosmith
announced that
they will appear
in Costa Rican
on June 1, 2010.
Costa Rica or
Puerto Rico?
Samantha
Lazzaris asked
her travel agent to book a vacation in San
José, Costa Rica. She didn’t notice a
problem until she landed
The "King" Is
Coming To Costa
Rica
Burger King CEO
John Chidsey
will be visiting
Costa Rica to
celebrate the
hamburger
chain's entering
the Central
America and
Caribbean
markets 20 years
ago. BK, as it
also known
opened its first
restuarant in
the region in
Costa Rica.
What Ever Happened To
The Intersectoriales? MOPT Ministers Wants
To Revive The Project
Remember the intersectoriales, the buses
that were to run from community to
community, like taking you from Santa Ana to
Moravia, without having to enter downtown
San José?
President-Elect
Chinchilla Says
Honduras Should
Be Allowed Back
To OAS
Costa Rica's
president-elect
Laura Chinchilla
while on tour of
Central America
said on Monday
that Honduras
should be
allowed to
return to the
Organization of
American States
(OAS) as quickly
as possible.
Nicaragua's
Daniel Ortega To
Get Swearing In
Ceremony
Invitation
Personally By
Chinchilla
Nicaragua is the
only country in
the region not
to confirm the
acceptance of
the invitation
to attend the swearing in
ceremony of
president-elect
Laura
Chinchilla, on
May 8.
40% Of Traffic
Ticket Appeals In Favour Of Driver
Since the new
Ley de Tránsito
went into effect
on March 1,
2010, the
Consejo de
Seguridad Vial (Cosevi)
says that 1.753
drivers of
the more than
10.000 fined
have filed an
appeal against
traffic tickets,
of which 40%
have been in
favour of the
driver.
Costa Rica Police
Patrol In A Hummer
The Vigilancia Aérea de la Fuerza Pública
(Air Surveillance police unit) is showing
off its new patrol vehicle, a Hummer.
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