70 thousand vehicles are circulating “illegally” because they have never passed the technical inspection. They are at risk of getting a fine of ¢13 thousand from Transit Police.
Some users interviewed said that “the spare parts are very expensive” and that “the constant increases in the gasoline” force to leave them their vehicles at home, […]
This month the Costa Rican Railroad Institute (INCOFER) announced that it was re-activating the train in San José. This is a measure to save gasoline and reduce congestion in the downtown area. The line is to run from the Tropigas plant in Pavas (the industrial district near the US embassy) to the U […]
During this week’s “career fair”, the University of Costa Rica announced that a projected 45,000 students will take the next entrance exam. This includes high school seniors and current students who wish to retake the exam in order to change their major. In recent years only between 6,000 and 7,000 freshman students have […]
According to an Al Dia poll, the coach is the culprit for the poor performance of Costa Rica’s all stars against Mexico:
Whose fault is it that the “Sele” is doing so poorly?
Alexandre Guimaraes, técnico - 397 ( 53%)
Hermes Navarro, presidente de la Federación - 178 ( 24%)
Los jugadores, a quienes les falta calidad - 169 […]
The senate of this country approved the treaty today 27 - 2 was the vote.
The agreement has been ratified by the USA, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Only Costa Rica and Nicaragua have not approved the pact.
Yesterday, Microsoft of Costa Rica presented the new Windows XP, Starter Edition. The software and hardware together should cost about 220,000 colones (over $400), and is only for sale in underdeveloped countries. The target market is home users, and micro enterprises.
The system comes with Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, Word […]
Starting yesterday the national all-star team is practicing for the upcoming matches against Panama (away September 3rd) and Trinidad and Tobago (here September 7th).
These players were named by the coach:
Álvaro Mesén - Goalkeeper - Herediano
José F. Porras - Goalkeeper - Saprissa
Donny Grant - Goalkeeper - Pérez Zel.
Gilberto Martínez - Defense - Brescia […]
Wednesday
Alajuela 1 - Puntarenas 0
Saprissa 3 - Santos 0
Thursday:
Heredia 3 - Cartago 2
