Archive for September 19th, 2006

Thursday is International Peace Day with ceremony here

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

Thursday is International Peace Day, and the annual event has special meaning in Costa Rica because the nation was one of the two sponsors of a United Nations resolution to create the day in 2001.
Maribel Muñoz is a member of the Subcomisión Nacional para la Promoción de la Paz Social. […]

Public Phones to Accept Chips, Send E-Mails

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

By Amanda Roberson, Tico Times Staff
Traditional pay phones around Costa Rica are being replaced with new, high-tech phones that accept coins, regular and “chip” calling cards and can send e-mails and text messages to cell phone users, according to a statement from the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), the state-run telecommunications and electricity monopoly.
Callers will […]