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Monthly Archives: September, 2004

Comptroller Announces Audit of Road Funds

COMPTROLLER General Alex Solís,alongside new Minister of Public Worksand Transport Ovidio Pacheco, on Mondayannounced an upcoming audit of theNational Roadway Council (CONAVI),which is responsible...

Anti-Corruption Law OK’d as Scandal Widens

AS government investigators and themedia continue to reveal new informationabout the corruption scandal in the CostaRican Social Security System (Caja), theLegislative Assembly has passed...

Gov’t Releases Report On Embassy Slayings

THE Judicial Investigation Police(OIJ) has released a report on the investigationinto the July 27 crisis at theChilean Embassy in San José, when aCosta Rican...

Suspect in Investor Scam Charged with Fraud

OSVALDO Villalobos, suspected alongwith his brother Luis Enrique Villalobos ofhaving operated a multimillion-dollarinvestment scam, has been officiallycharged with fraud and illegal financialintermediation, Judicial Branch...

Press Celebrated with Calls for Freedom

AS journalists celebrated the 35thanniversary of the Costa Rican Journalists’Association and 180 years of publicexpression of opinion in the country thisweek, former President and...

Turtle Nesting Site Considered for Refuge

A critical leatherback turtle nestingsite on the Nicoya Peninsula, on thePacific coast, is close to gaining protectedstatus as the “Playa Caletas-Ario NationalWildlife Refuge,” the...

Animal-Abuse Calls Received by the Dozen

THE yelps of dogs from their neighbor’shouse for several days finallyprompted two women in the west CentralValley town Santa Ana to call for help.Suspecting...

Mother of Slain U.S. Student Seeks Funds to Pay Witnesses

NOTHING in bringing her daughter’smurderers to justice came easy, andnow Jeanette Stauffer is struggling tocome up with $30,000 in reward moneyto pay witnesses who...

President Pacheco Fills Cabinet Positions

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco onFriday named Jorge Vargas as PlanningMinister – the only vacant minister positionon his Cabinet since an avalanche ofresignations earlier this month...

Limón Red Cross Threatens Closure This Month

CITING serious financial difficulties,officials from the Limón Red Crossannounced this week they will stop providingambulance and emergency services inthe capital of the Caribbean province...

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