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Bank Back to Normal after Rumors, Chaos

CALM has returned to BAC San José after rumorsof a closure earlier this week incited a rush on thebank’s branches around the capital. Spurred...

President’s Approval Rating Plunges

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco’s record-high popularityrating has plummeted, three in four Costa Ricans are concernedabout the lack of public safety, fewer Costa Ricanadults are married...

Nicaragua Canal to Connect West with East

(First in a two-part series)GRANADA, Nicaragua – Building aNicaragua Canal using the natural waterwayof the Río San Juan is a pipedream thathas been flirted...

U.S. Citizen Sentenced For Child Sex Abuse

A U.S. citizen was sentenced thisweek to 154 years in a Costa Rican prisonfor sexually abusing children, representativesof the Judicial Branch confirmed thisweek.Scott Thomas...

Anti-Poaching Efforts Surviving on Donations

WHILE government officials claimtheir hands are tied regarding the poachingcrisis in the country’s national parks, privatedonors and non-profit organizationsare pitching in to provide the...

Technology Seminar Coming to Limón

THE First International Seminar onScience and Technology is scheduled fornext Tuesday and Wednesday at theNational Training Institute (INA) campusin the Atlantic port town Limón.The...

U.S. Expats Can Still Register to Vote

THE countdown has begun to theU.S. presidential election with less thanthree months to Election Day, Nov. 2.Voting from abroad is easier this yearwith a...

Canada Donates Funds To Improve Labor Standards

THE Canadian government last weekagreed to donate ¢135.5 million($307,000) to help train Costa RicanLabor Ministry inspectors and ¢36.5 million($83,000) to teach occupationalhealth in the...

Tico Athletes Battle for the Gold in Athens

ALL hopes may be pinned onOlympic gold-medallist swimmer ClaudiaPoll, but Costa Rica will also keep an eyeon the other 26 athletes the country hassent...

Eleven Sea Turtles Saved from Slaughter

Eleven sea turtles nearly met a prematuredeath at the hands of poachersyesterday, but police in the Caribbeanport town of Limón responded to ananonymous call...

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