In a special session on Sunday, the Assembly reached a whole new level of inaction by approving the 2006 budget without voting! They may have been trying to prove Heidegger’s famous statement “The Nothing itself nothings”. However, some observers agreed with Nietzsche: “They muddy the water that it may appear deep”. […]
Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica and Brazil have finally gotten most of what they were after in the banana dispute with the European Union, ongoing since 1999. Even though former European colonies will pay no duty on imports, which the Latin American countries still consider unfair, the “banana” republics will not be restricted to quotas […]
Even though the Assembly is taking extra time to vote on pending motions, the tax plan appears comatose according to representatives. Apparently parties are hesitant to vote in favor of increasing taxes ahead of the February elections. Although PLUSC started out supporting the plan 3 years ago, apparently many of the PUSC representatives are […]
The humble oxcart driver of Costa Rica was declared on Friday an Oral and Intangible World Heritage tradition by UNESCO (United Nations Education Science and Culture Organization), one of 43 traditions appearing in the proclamation. The oxcart drivers join in the patrimony of humanity Costa Rica’s World Heritage Sites: Cocos Island, La Amistad International Park […]
According to a note in La Nación, its “The New York Times” weekly supplement, last Saturday was the last edition for Costa Rica. The supplement was a selection of articles taken from The New York Times and published every Saturday in La Nacion. The note cited a lack of commercialization, as the reason […]
RESULTS SUNDAY
Santos 2 - Carmelita 0 Brujas 1 -Cartago 2 Puntarenas 1 -Alajuelense 0 Santa Cruz 1 - Heredia 0 Pérez Zeledón 1 - Saprissa 1 Liberia 0 - Ramonense 0
TEAM
Games
W
tie
L
GF-GA
POINTS
GROUP A
Alajuela **
15
9
4
2
29-9
31
Puntarenas F.C.
15
8
3
4
22-14
27
Heredia
15
7
4
4
21-16
25
Santa Cruz
15
6
1
8
17-19
19
Liberia
15
2
1
12
8-32
7
San Ramon
15
0
3
12
7-30
3
GROUP B
Saprissa **
16
11
4
1
28-12
37
Pérez Zeledón **
16
7
5
4
21-18
26
Cartago
16
7
4
5
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The 310,000 bags of saline solution quarantined by the Caja were found to be contaminated. The Comptrollor authorized the emergency purchase of 116, 456 units from Baxter Export Costa Rica S.R.L., which will enter Costa Rica from Mexico over the weekend and hopefully scheduled surgeries can proceed on Monday or Tuesday. The cost was […]
The possible contamination of 310,000 bags of saline solution caused 270 surgeries to be postponed at Hospitals Mexico, Calderon Guaria and San Juan de Dios. The quarantined bags were being analyzed at ITEC and UCR.
The suspected contamination occured at the CCSS plant in Heredia, where the solutions are made using an underground source. Parts of […]
ICE is promising that the new batch of cellular telephone lines will go on sale as promised on December 5th, even though the installation of the network is not 100% complete. Orlando Cascante, Director of Mobil Services for ICE said that 9 base stations are not installed. Of the 600,000 line capacity, 250,000 will be […]
Thousands of entrepeneurs, students, workers and families marched yesterday along 2nd Avenue to the Legislative Assembly. Unlike the anti-CAFTA demonstrators, they left lanes open to traffic so there were no abnormal delays in the downtown area.
Employees of Café Britt, Tico Fruit, Demasa, Intel and Conair, had the day free so they could show their […]
