Archive for September 19th, 2005

6th Round Soccer Results

Monday, September 19th, 2005

Ramonense 0 - Liberia 1
Carmelita 0 - Cartago 3
Perez Zeledón 1 - Brujas F.C. 1
Alajuela 3 - Santa Cruz 0
Santos - Puntarenas (today)
Saprissa - Heredia (suspended)
Next Matches - Sunday 25 September:
Puntarenas-Santa Cruz
Alajuela - San Ramon
Liberia-Heredia
Saprissa-Pérez Zeledón
Carmen-Santos
Cartago-Brujas.
Then the tournament will be suspended until mid-October so that the national team may prepare for the final […]

Fines and Jail for Mosquito Breeders

Monday, September 19th, 2005

Those who are not cooperating in the Health Ministry’s efforts to eliminate breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti mosquito may face fines of 5000 to 10000 colones and even jail time if they do not clean up their yards.
The Health Ministry has issued 1200 citations this year. The St. Lucia government has a […]

Arias Would Win in First Round

Monday, September 19th, 2005

According to a poll by Borge and Associates, published in Diario Extra, the PLN candidate Arias would get 41.3% of the votes. 1017 people over 18 were polled between August 20th and September 14th.
At least 40% of the total vote is required for the candidates to win outright in the first round and […]

Journalists File Human Rights Complaint

Monday, September 19th, 2005

The Association of Journalists in Costa Rica has filed a complaint at the Interamerican Human Rights Court in Washington, DC. They denounce that local means of justice have been exhausted in the case of the “La Penca” bombing in 1984.
No one has ever been brought to trial or even charged with […]

Cell Lines “Busy” Until December

Monday, September 19th, 2005

Ericsson de Costa Rica did not deliver the new GSM network and its 600,000 lines on September 5th as originally planned. So new lines will not be available in October, but are likely to be on the market in December.
The delay is in the installation of towers for the network, which is […]