Archive for October 10th, 2006

Caribbean cruise ship season opens with sales pitch to increase numbers

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

Monday was the first day of the cruise season in Limón on the Caribbean, and President Óscar Arias Sánchez met with three representatives of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association in an effort to increase the number of tourist boats that come to port in Costa Rica.
The association represents 12 of the […]

Government seeks ruling job slowdown is illegal

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Even though the government said Monday that the Caribbean ports are working fine, Marco Vargas. minister of  Coordinación Interinstitucional, said that efforts will be made to have the type of slowdown practiced by union members there declared illegal.
But Vargas credited a visit to Limón over the weekend by Francisco Morales,, […]