Archive for June 1st, 2006

Officials are bracing for ’street referendum’

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Costa Rican officials are bracing for the start of demonstrations a week from today by unions and others opposed to the free trade treaty with the United States.
The demonstrations are what union leaders are calling the referendum of the streets to stop legislative ratification of the agreement.
Rodrigo Arias, minister of […]

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Government to Take Action in Case of Tico Killed in U.S. Airport

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Costa Rica will take “pertinent actions” after analyzing a report from U.S. authorities concerning the death of Costa Rican Rigoberto Alpízar, who was suspected of carrying a bomb and shot and killed by U.S. air marshals aboard a flight in December 2005, according to a statement from the Foreign Relations Ministry.
The report, released two weeks […]

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Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, June 01, 2006 AIRLINE Alliance : Representatives of the German airline Lufthansa met with President Oscar Arias and representatives of the Costa Rican airplane maintenance company Coopesa yesterday at Casa Presidencial, in San José, to discuss a possible alliance. Working with international clients from a joint company based in San José, Lufthansa would provide logistical support while Coopesa would maintain and repair airplanes. Photo courtesy of Casa Presidencial. Get The Tico Times Daily News Updates automatically every morning (Monday-Friday) in your e-mail. Just give us your e-mail address below. To unsubscribe or to change your email address, please email subscriptions@ticotimes.net Thank you. Highway Repair Plans Face Costly Delays Public Works and Transport Minister Karla González said a failure to complete the necessary tasks for road projects to get under way is costing the country $10 million as Costa Ricans continue to suffer abysmal road conditions. (Click for more) Three Arrested for Allegedly Kidnapping Taxi Driver, Running into Police Officer Three men were arrested Tuesday after allegedly kidnapping an unlicensed taxi driver then running into a police officer on a motorcycle, according to a statement released yesterday by the Public Security Ministry. (Click for more) UNICEF Conference Addresses The Rights of Indigenous Youth For many of Central America’s indigenous youth, childhood is marked with hunger, sickness and a lack of education, and Costa Rica’s branch of the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is hosting a regional conference today and tomorrow to develop a plan to improve this situation, according to a statement from UNICEF. (Click for more) Government to Take Action in Case of Tico Killed in U.S. Airport Costa Rica will take “pertinent actions” after analyzing a report from U.S. authorities concerning the death of Costa Rican Rigoberto Alpízar, who was suspected of carrying a bomb and shot and killed by U.S. air marshals aboard a flight in December 2005, according to a statement from the Foreign Relations Ministry. (Click for more) June 01 Jazz Concert By the Jazz Quintet of the Juilliard School of Music of New York, 7:30 p.m., Eugene O’Neill Theater, Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center, Bario Dent, San José. Info: 207-7555. Concert by Lincoln School Students 150 students from Lincoln School bands and choir, 7 p.m., National Auditorium, Children’s Museum, San José. Alux Nahual in Concert Guatemala trova band, 9 p.m., Costa Rican Country Club; tomorrow, 9 p.m., Centro Turístico El Lago, Grecia, northwest of San José. Info: 494-3999. Edited By Amanda Roberson Tico Times Staff aroberson@ticotimes.net Return To Top Of Page Click here to subscribe Highway Repair Plans Face Costly Delays Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, June 01, 2006 AIRLINE Alliance : Representatives of the German airline Lufthansa met with President Oscar Arias and representatives of the Costa Rican airplane maintenance company Coopesa yesterday at Casa Presidencial, in San José, to discuss a possible alliance. Working with international clients from a joint company based in San José, Lufthansa would provide logistical support while Coopesa would maintain and repair airplanes. Photo courtesy of Casa Presidencial. Get The Tico Times Daily News Updates automatically every morning (Monday-Friday) in your e-mail. Just give us your e-mail address below. To unsubscribe or to change your email address, please email subscriptions@ticotimes.net Thank you. Highway Repair Plans Face Costly Delays Public Works and Transport Minister Karla González said a failure to complete the necessary tasks for road projects to get under way is costing the country $10 million as Costa Ricans continue to suffer abysmal road conditions. (Click for more) Three Arrested for Allegedly Kidnapping Taxi Driver, Running into Police Officer Three men were arrested Tuesday after allegedly kidnapping an unlicensed taxi driver then running into a police officer on a motorcycle, according to a statement released yesterday by the Public Security Ministry. (Click for more) UNICEF Conference Addresses The Rights of Indigenous Youth For many of Central America’s indigenous youth, childhood is marked with hunger, sickness and a lack of education, and Costa Rica’s branch of the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is hosting a regional conference today and tomorrow to develop a plan to improve this situation, according to a statement from UNICEF. (Click for more) Government to Take Action in Case of Tico Killed in U.S. Airport Costa Rica will take “pertinent actions” after analyzing a report from U.S. authorities concerning the death of Costa Rican Rigoberto Alpízar, who was suspected of carrying a bomb and shot and killed by U.S. air marshals aboard a flight in December 2005, according to a statement from the Foreign Relations Ministry. (Click for more) June 01 Jazz Concert By the Jazz Quintet of the Juilliard School of Music of New York, 7:30 p.m., Eugene O’Neill Theater, Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center, Bario Dent, San José. Info: 207-7555. Concert by Lincoln School Students 150 students from Lincoln School bands and choir, 7 p.m., National Auditorium, Children’s Museum, San José. Alux Nahual in Concert Guatemala trova band, 9 p.m., Costa Rican Country Club; tomorrow, 9 p.m., Centro Turístico El Lago, Grecia, northwest of San José. Info: 494-3999. Edited By Amanda Roberson Tico Times Staff aroberson@ticotimes.net Return To Top Of Page Click here to subscribe Highway Repair Plans Face Costly Delays

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

By Amanda Roberson, Tico Times Staff
Public Works and Transport Minister Karla González said a failure to complete the necessary tasks for road projects to get under way is costing the country $10 million as Costa Ricans continue to suffer abysmal road conditions.
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