Archive for April 19th, 2007

Immigration Director Urges Quick Action on Bill

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
A bill to simplify residency and to streamline the way the Immigration Department does its business has been submitted to the Legislative Assembly (congress) and the young, dynamic department director, Mario Zamora, hopes for early passage. The bill is meant to replace a current law passed during the past administration but so draconian […]

San Jose Police Given Stun Guns

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

As befits a country that prides itself on using the most peaceful means to solve violent problems, municipal police in the capital are now patroling the streets with, if not a kinder, gentler alternative to the service pistol and nightstick, at least a potentially less lethal one—the stun gun, reported the leading English-language newspaper, The […]

Hospital/Clinic Focuses on Medical Tourism

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
San José’s oldest private clinic is focusing its services on an ever-growing segment of the tourism industry: visiters who come to have medical or dental work done at much lower prices than are standard in the U.S. Until two decades ago, the majority of medical tourism was mainly for quality cosmetic surgery  at a fraction […]