Archive for September 22nd, 2006

Gov’t Prepares for Property Appraisal Project

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

By Blake Schmidt , Tico Times Staff
As the government prepares for a long-overdue nationwide assessment of property values, a lack of municipal resources promises to gum up the process, officials say.

Municipal impotence, combined […]

Decree Rekindles Gun Controversy

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

By Katherine Stanley, Tico Times Staff
For the second time this year, President Oscar Arias spoke out in favor of arms control abroad – this time, while presenting his Costa Rica Consensus disarmament proposal before the United Nations in New York Tuesday – while his opponents at home argued the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize winner is […]

Tuna firm spokesman defends project as taking advantage of nation’s potential

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

A representative of the firm that wants to put a tuna farm underwater in southwestern Costa Rica said Thursday that the country should take advantage of its undersea resources.
The representative is Eduardo Velarde Silva, and he spoke to the Asamblea Legislativa’s Comisión Especial de Ambiente. China has 174,000 square kilometers […]