by Rod Hughes
June came and went without the 10 dry days that normally happen, the so-called Veranillo de San Juan. Litterally translated, this is “the Little Summer of St. John.” But the little summer seems to have been canceled, either for lack of interest or because St. John took a […]
by Rod Hughes
As the continued rise in petroleum prices threatens to imbalance Costa Rica’s foreign exchange, the government would like nothing better than for Ticos to think more about dumping their SUVs in favor of a hybrid car. Purdy Motors is all for that.
Purdy, a […]
by Rod Hughes
News you would never know unless you read The Tico Times Weekend section: In a dispatch datelined “Paris,” written by Caroline Vu Nguyen run recently in Central America’s leading English-language newspaper, readers learned that Costa Rican abstract artist Ana Wien is the newest toast of the Paris art […]
by Rod Hughes
Water service that had been cut by human stupidity and a landslide for four days was at last restored to nearly half million residents Sunday night. But the memory of having to scrounge water is bitter, especially to the residents of Coronado and Desamparados who had service restored […]
by Rod Hughes
The heads of political blocs in the Legislative Assembly are all agreed that elimination of the 97.50 colon-per-liter tax on diesel fuel but only if the gasoline tax is not increased. Thie addition of the diesel tax to gasoline would have served a dual purpose for the Arias […]
by Rod Hughes
Showing just how vulnerable the country’s water system is, for the third time in a week nearly half million residents of the Central Valley were without water. The latest shutdown of the Water and Sewer Institutue’s (A y A) mains is blamed on an earth movement and A […]
by Rod Hughes
Central Bank President Francisco de Paula Gutierrez warned the country yesterday that vigorous “economic adjustments” are on the way in order to combat the effects of the skyrocketing petroleum and worldwide food prices and slumping foreign trade. Among these measures will be tighter credit, higher interest rates and […]
by Rod Hughes
The country’s biggest Spanish-language daily, La Nación, continues to dig up details on the secret funds used to pay myriad presidential advisers. In its latest exposé, the paper says that Taiwan (with which the country still had diplomatic relations) donated $1.5 million to relieve the suffering of […]
by Rod Hughes
This reporter once wrote in an opinion piece in The Tico Times that the invention of plastic may have been the worst disaster to happen to this tropical paradise. The pesky material litters the streets, clogs landfills and stormdrains and poisons animals, as well as the very ground […]
by Rod Hughes
The Ministry of Transport is studying the possibility of extending the one-day-per-week downtown San Jose driving ban to all day instead of just during peak hours. So reported the daily Al Dia today, quoting Deputy Minister Viviana Martin.
The driving ban is aimed at […]
