Gay activists are pushing presidential candidates for support in formalizing their relationships under the common law statutes, with an eye to later allowing gay marriage and adoptions. According to activists, the homosexual vote numbers 250,000. Which would be 10% of the vote in the Costa Rican electorate of 2,550,613.
"Marriage is what we yearn for, but […]
Expresident Rafael Ángel Calderón, who was arrested in the Caja-Fischel kickback scandal, hosted 40 former and current representatives in the Casa Italia on Wednesday. The main topic of conversation was how to regain confindence from voters in the February election in order to gain as many seats in the Assembly as possible.
Calderón confirmed his […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thanks to DEMASA, Repretel and the Banco Nacional, you may ride the train for free every Tuesday and Thursday. The INCOFER president, Miguel Carabaguíaz, explained that the offer will not cost the institution revenue and will not cost the government anything. "The companies do it in order to stimulate the use of the train […]
Apparently the years of ignoring stop signs and railroad crossing signals have taken their toll on San José’s drivers, who in less than 6 weeks have been hit by the train 5 times. The most serious accident was last Friday, when a bus driver ignored the signal and was hit by the train, 27 people […]
Although a groundhog isn’t involved, meteorologists claim that a cold front from the north will hold off summer for 2 more weeks. Monday the country got a taste of summer, but a fast moving mass of polar air arrives today bringing low temperatures, misty rain, and high winds. Just like at Christmas!
Following the lead of Paraíso (near Cartago), the city council of Santa Cruz, in the Nicoya Peninsula, voted unanimously to declare the region a Transgenic-Free Zone. So the cultivation of genetically modified crops is prohibited. The accord also establishes a commitment on the part of the city to foment and promote ecologically friendly agriculture in […]
125 workers employed at the construction site of a new Wal-mart distribuition center near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The workers were from Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, and some used fake documents to obtain employment with subcontractors, officials said. The arrests came after search warrants were executed for six companies at the site.
Agents obtained […]
Microsoft will file suit on 2 Costa Rican companies, one in Barva de Heredia and the other in Curridabat, that were searched by experts from the Registry of Author’s and Intellectual Property Rights. The suit will be for the illegal use and commercialization of Microsofts Windows XP and Office. The Costa Rican companies did not […]
