Archive for November 23rd, 2005

Bureaucrats to Take Extended Xmas Vacation to “Save Tax Dollars”

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

157,000 public employees will be on vacation from December 16th and will return on January 2nd.  The Executive branch assures that  500 million colones, nearly $1 million,  were saved by authorizing a similar mandatory vacation in 2004.  Particularly in the areas of water, electricity, telephone and Internet usage.
The Judicial Branch will take a break […]

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School Wins 1 Million with Old Tires

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

In a contest sponsored by Bridgestone Firestone, the Liceo Experimental Bilingüe de Grecia (a public high school) won 1 million colones for a project that recycled old tires to create a retaining wall at the school.  The contest was a part of the campaign "1 Million Reasons to Fight Dengue" that promotes the recycling of […]

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