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Monthly Archives: September, 2006

One-Quarter of Teachers Missed 30 Days or More

Approximately 25% of the country’s teachers have missed 30 days or more of classes since the school year began in February, making them ineligible...

Another Sportsbook Executive Arrested

Another chairman of another Londonbased online sports betting operation with a call center in Costa Rica was released on bond this week after his...

Police Burn Marijuana in Southern Caribbean

The Public Security Ministry recently burned 179,316 marijuana plants in the southern Caribbean area of Talamanca in an effort to control drug trafficking, according...

PANI Inaugurates New Children’s Rights Center

A downtown San José building that formerly housed the offices of the dairy cooperative Dos Pinos Tuesday became Costa Rica’s first Culture Center for...

Teensmart Program Promotes Youth Self-Care

Aiming to improve self-help and selfcare among young Costa Ricans, the U.S.-based nonprofit organization TeenSmart International this year began implementing its program here. Increasing...

Island Researchers ‘Positively Surprised’

A group of 14 scientists from Latin America and Australia returned Monday from a 12-day excursion to study coral reefs and biodiversity at Costa...

Trade-Pact Opponents Petition for Referendum

They came to the Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE) in downtown San José waving Costa Rican flags and wearing T-shirts that said “Death to CAFTA.” A...

San José Orphanage Faces Funding Problems

Mixed among government buildings, parks and monuments on the east side of San José is a century-old building that houses more than papers and...

Police May Destroy More Captured Guns

When President Oscar Arias sliced an assault rifle with a power saw Aug. 16 during a ceremony marking 100 days since his inauguration (TT,...

Fuel Prices Lowered Again

The sixth reduction in gas prices so far this year was approved yesterday by the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP). The price of one liter...

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