Archive for January 17th, 2006

Costa Rica Will Know Its President by 8 pm on E-Day

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Just 2 hours after the polling stations close the TSE will have the election results. According to Elections Programs Coordinator Héctor Fernández, by 8 pm the TSE will have the provisional recount of 2500 polling stations.  This is sufficient to project the winner of the presidential race and the first place legislators. The data will […]

Gas Stations Don’t Want Competition

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

The Association of Gas Distributors, and others, protested the ARESEP plan to allow flexibility in the price of gasoline.  The proposal calls for a reduction of up to 50% in the profit margin for gas stations.  The plan will go to a public audience Monday at 9 am.   Users, of course, are generally in […]

Catching Up

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

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On Tuesday, 3rd, we took Tasi and Marvin to Sta.Elena/Monteverde. I was surprised to learn Marvin had never been there before. The trip up is beautiful. One scenic vista after another, and lot’s of time to look. It’s less than 40 km. from the highway and it took over an hour and a half. We […]