Archive for May 25th, 2006

June 9 mostly a holiday

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Public employees at least will have a half-day holiday June 9 when the Costa Rican national soccer team meets Germany in the inaugural game of the World Cup tournament.
Game time is 10 on a Friday morning here, and the contest will span roughly two hours. Since public employees generally leave […]

Arias Administration Formalizes Ethics Code

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Arias administration will set up an ethics commission to handle complains of wrongdoing by public officials.
The objective is that public officials observe the highest ethical values in their political actions and in the exercise of their public position, said Rodrigo Arias Sánchez, minister of the Presidencia and the brother […]

Review of expats part of immigration cleanup

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

By Saray Ramírez Vindas of the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Immigration officials will give a second look to expats here who already have residency. They will be looking for persons who are sought for crimes elsewhere but still managed to slip into Costa Rica and acquire residency.
This was the word Tuesday from Mario Zamora Cordero, the […]

Costa Rica Promotes Its Products in Germany

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Costa Rican commercial authorities yesterday inaugurated “Costa Rica Arena,” an exposition in Munich, Germany of 70 Costa Rican businesses taking advantage of the World Cup to promote their products, according to the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER).
The inauguration was attended by Munich mayor Christian Ude, Costa Rican Ambassador to Germany Bernd Niehaus and PROCOMER commercial […]

Government Announces Government Announces Scholarship Program

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

By Katherine Stanley - Tico Times Staff
Leaders of President Oscar Arias’ administration yesterday announced one element of their plan of attack on the country’s dismal high-school dropout rates: a scholarship program for low-income students that offers financial rewards to those who graduate.
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