Costa Rica's exports are clearly in recovery. With a growth of 12.9% in the first four months of this year, over last, the Promotora de Comercio Exterior (Procomer) - Foreign Trade Promoter - says that all sectors have shown positive growth so far this year. [Foto: costaricahoy.info] |
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MOPT Expected To
Demand
Taxis To Provide
Child Seats And
Boosters
Although the
issue still be
analyzed, all
probabilities
are that taxis
will have to
carry booster
and child seats
to avoid being
fined. The
ministro de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT),
Francisco
Jiménez, said
the most
reasonable
solution is for
taxis to carry
one booster and
one child seat.
Costa Rica Sets
Sights On 2.5
Million Tourist
Arrivals By 2014
The world
economic crisis
did not escape
Costa Rica's
tourism
industry,
falling 8% in
2009 over 2008,
meaning less
tourists and
less income for
tourist
operations.
Stay in Touch! Rental
GSM & 3G Phones, Data & SIM Cards, Prepaid
Phones & SIM Cards.
The List Of
Legislators
Against Pay Hike
Is Growing
Slowly more and
more legislators
are finding
their conscience
and are coming
out publicly
with their vote
against the
proposed salary
hike for
legislators.
41 Earthquakes
In Costa Rica So
Far This Year
Everyone felt
the 6.1
earthquake that
hit Costa Rica
on Thursday at
4:16pm, with the
epicentre
located 20
kilometres
southwest of
Quepos.
Cellular Operators
Question Conditions Of Opening Of Cellular
Market In Costa Rica
The Real Intercontinental hotel in Escazú
was the scene yesterday for the three
telephone companies interested in setting
shop in Costa Rica to compete with the
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) in the cellular telephone market.
A
Sleepy Costa
Rican Town Gains
in Popularity
PLAYA HERMOSA,
COSTA RICA -
Claude
Laferrière and
his wife,
Silvia, first
abandoned
Montreal for
this sleepy
beach town in
the early '90s,
enticed by its
picturesque bay
and deserted
stretch of
beach.
Costa Rica
Dengue Epidemic
Hitting Panama
Recent rainfalls
have pushed up
the number of
reported cases
of dengue in
Chiriqui. So far
this year the
number of cases
of Dengue has
more than
tripled. There
have been 77
cases brought by
the Aedes
aegypti mosquito.
Tax On Gasoline
Pushes Up Price
Effective Today
Gasoline prices
went up ¢5
colones today
following the
publication of
the hike
approved on May
10.
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