Archive for the 'Costa Rica News' Category

‘The Two Costa Ricas’ - Nation’s Schools

Friday, June 30th, 2006

First in a series about the challenges facing the country’s public-education system.
By Katherine Stanley Tico Times Staff

Greivin has a new watch today, or at least a watch that’s new to him. He lets his friends gaze at it as they wait in line for lunch, or scamper through their small concrete courtyard during recess. […]

Nation’s Schools Differ Greatly

Friday, June 30th, 2006

First in a series about the challenges facing the country’s public-education system.
By Katherine Stanley Tico Times Staff
Greivin, Ariana and Steven are in the second grade. They share, as do many kids their age, an uncanny ability […]

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Here to Celebrate Canada Day

Friday, June 30th, 2006

In honor of Canada Day on Saturday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer Kane von Kramer is in Costa Rica, where he visited three schools in Desamparados, south of San José, yesterday, according to a statement from the Canadian Embassy.
During the school visits, Kane answered curious students’ questions about Canada and gave them tips on […]

Central Valley, Northern Zone and Caribbean Slope Under Green, Preventive Alert

Friday, June 30th, 2006

By Amanda Roberson  Tico Times Staff
Heavy rains led the National Emergency Commission (CNE) to issue a green, preventive alert for the Central Valley, Northern Zone and Caribbean slope yesterday, according to the commission’s spokeswoman Rebecca Madrigal.
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U.N. seeks good examples of forest-management incentive

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Special to A.M. Costa Rica
An initiative to reverse forest loss in Latin America and the Caribbean has been presented at a United Nations-sponsored meeting this week in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said the initiative is needed because Latin America and the Caribbean have registered the world’s highest rate of forest […]

Arias makes overture to nation’s bishops

Friday, June 30th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
President Óscar Arias Sánchez paid a call on the representative of the Vatican here in San José and also met with local bishops.
The session was seen as a bridge-mending exercise because Arias and the local bishops differ on the topic of the free trade treaty with the United States. The […]