by Rod Hughes
The national soccer quarterfinals continue with the teams facing two adversaries: their opposition on the pitch and the sportswriters. In fact, you would not even know that the festivities are leading to the big, coveted cup of national championship to hear the writers tell it, but was more a Sunday pickup game in […]
When Costa Rica’s newest hospital opened its doors in San Rafael de Alajuela 18 months ago, area residents—some half a million to be served by the facility—were euphoric. Today, the hospital is barely running, reports the daily newspaper La Nacion.
Of the 700 new posts for medical personnel, only 153 have been filled by the Social […]
29/4/7
It has indeed been a month of uncertainty. I got my car fixed, and did a few more things for my safety inspection, which was due this month. The car passed that on Wednesday, with a few things to get fixed for next […]
by Rod Hughes
UPDATE—Power outages continued throughout the country this week due to a decision by the Costa Rican Electrical Institute (ICE) to ration electricity to make up a lack caused by low water levels (according to ICE) in hydroelectric dams around the country. The blackouts, unlike the one April 19 touched off by the explosion […]
by Rod Hughes
Und zo, we come down the long 2006-7 trail to the quarterfinals leading to the National Soccer Championship. Who’s excited?
We will get to the opening games in a moment— games which Spanish-language sports columnists dismissed as about as fast-moving, gripping and suspenseful as a knitting tournament—but first a little history.
Time was when only […]
By Amanda Roberson Tico Times Staff
Police have discovered that some of the 56 Chinese migrants who were discovered lost at sea off the Pacific beach of Playa Guiones Saturday paid as much as $35,000 to be transported from their country without knowing their final destination, explained Vice-Minister of Public Security Ana Durán at a press […]
Costa Rican business leaders are being given a chance to opine on an association agreement between Central American and the European Union before these two regions begin negotiating the agreement in Brussels, Belgium, in June.
The idea behind this “internal consulting” period, which began yesterday, is to develop a “solid and articulated national position” on the […]
by Rod Hughes
There are potholes and, then, there are potholes.
The difference between them is that some reach celebrity status, enough so that they make the pages of the leading daily La Nacion when they are finally filled—somewhat like a movie star undergoing surgery.
The huge, 17-meter-deep hole in Barrio Dent in the university suburb of San […]
It appears that the nationwide power outage last week did more than just turn off the lights. It also turned off the national rate regulatory agency (ARESEP) as it was considering the rate hike asked by the Costa Rican Electrical Institute (ICE).
ARESEP’s chief regulatory of energy, Fernando Herrero, told a news conference yesterday that ARESEP […]
By an overwhelming majority of 48 to 5, the Legislative Assembly last night approved the mounting of a nationwide referendum to approve or reject the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Only 29 votes were needed for approval.
The Supreme Elections Tribunal, the autonomous elections watchdog agency, now has 90 days to organize the balloting. This […]
