by Rod Hughes
Costa Rica’s firemen may pass from working as a dependency of the National Insurance Institute (INS) to a private bearer share corporation, if a bill to be passed out of committee for a Legislative Assembly floor vote prospers. The firemen may have been orphans of privatization when the […]
by Rod Hughes
As La Nacion reported today, first it was the Norwegians, then AID, the World Bank and the friendly Canadians that decided that Costa Rica could get along without their financial gifts. Last year, the Arias Administration’s foreign policy turnabout resulted in the Taiwanese leaving. Now, the Dutch, the […]
by Rod Hughes
Saprissa was king of the Opening Tourney this season, bringing home the 2007 laurels. But the long vacation was just too much and the Tibas team’s opener of the Closing half of the season against San Carlos resulted in a scoreless tie with the “Toros del Norte” (Northern […]
by Rod Hughes
Love me, love my dog. Even if he comes over from next door and chews up your sofa…
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court has struck down a law that would punish with 5 to 15 days in the slammer those owners whose […]
by Rod Hughes
Ex-president Rafael Angel Calderón (1990-94) admitted Wednesday to the daily newspaper La Nación that he was, indeed, behind the bill to curb, if not essentially castrate, the Prosecutor General’s office. Calderón is facing corruption charges and is under house arrest.
The bill was […]
by Rod Hughes
A bill that would turn the country’s top prosecutor into a political puppet was filed in December by a close associate of ex-President Rafael Angel Calderon. Congressman Bienvenido Venegas. The lawmaker denied that Calderon even knew of the filing,
The bill would change the […]
by Rod Hughes
The new head coach for the First Division’s Perez Zeledon made his debute this week in his teams scoreless tie with Puntarenas–and promptly got thrown out of the game. Fiery Argentinian Alejandro Guintini protested vigorious a referee’s call twice and the second time was fatal, when he marched […]
by Rid Hughes
After a slow sales start, the government telecommunications monopoly, ICE, has sold all the 300,000 new GSM cell phone lines they bought from Ericsson, a Swedish firm. But only 37% have activted their new purchases.
Only 113,273 lines were activated, leaving nearly 187,000 that […]
by Rod Hughes
It was his last game in the red, white and blue uniform of the Costa Rican All Stars, but Paulo Cesar Wanchope was not the stunning player he was. But neither was his team—the “Sele,” as the national team is called, lost to a Swedish side that was […]
by Rod Hughes
The business demand in Costa Rica for specialized employees is growning far faster than the schools can turn them out, complains the daily newspaper, La Nacion. Financial whizzes, accountants, trained sales persons, customer service personnel—firms needing these especially are going begging.
This is the […]
