Archive for March 18th, 2006

Local Championship Enters Endgame

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

With only three rounds left and only 4 of the 12 teams qualifying for the playoffs, the local tourney is finally entering an exciting phase.  Saturday’s and Sunday’s matches will determine who will continue to have a shot at facing Saprissa in an eventual final and who will say goodbye until August.
Group A is a […]

Aquifer Clean Up Slated for May

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

The contaminated aquifer in Heredia will be taken care of by 1 of 5 companies that have been invited to place bids by the National Emergency Commission. All 5 companies are foreign, from Brazil, Mexico, Spain and 2 from Canada.
The contamination in the aquifer was detected in September of 2004.  The contaminated aquifer is not […]

Ticos to Pay 4,766 Colones Per Vote

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

As a result of the recent elections 10 political parties are eligible to receive a slice of a 13 billion colon pie, which is .19 per cent of the Gross National Product.  Legislators were unable to pass initiatives which would have reduced the political debt to .1 per cent of the debt.
PAC candidate Otton Solís […]

PLN with 25 Seats in Assembly

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

On Wednesday, the TSE finalized the manual scrutiny of votes for the legislature and will announce the official results next week.  Unofficially, but certainly, PLN has gained 25 seats in the 57 member Assembly.
PAC obtained 17 seats, the Libertarian Movement 6, PUSC 5 and 4 minority parties have 1 representative each (PASE, Frente Amplio, Partido […]

Wal-mart Buys Central America (n Supermarkets)

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Yesterday, Wal-mart announced that it had obtained a 51% share in Central American Retail Holding Company (Carhco), which owns 375 supermarkets in Central America, which in turn owns the formerly local company Corporación Supermercados Unidos and the Corporación de Companías Agroindustriales. In September of 2005 Wal-mart obtained 33.3% of the shares, officials announced that plans […]

Tourney of Closure - 13th Round Results

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Liberia 4 - Heredia 1
Puntarenas 3 - Santa Cruz 0
Brujas 0 - Carmelita 0
Pérez Zeledón 3 - Santos 0
Saprissa 3 - San Ramon 2
Cartago 1 - Alajuela 0

Grupo A

1

Puntarenas

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