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Monthly Archives: June, 2004

Catholic Church Proposes New Sex-Ed Guides

THE Catholic Church has proposednew sex-ed guidebooks to the Council ofSuperior Education, which is studying theproposal, La Nación reported.The material in the guides adjusts...

Young Ticos Concerned About Protecting Environment

YOUNG Costa Ricans place morevalue on protecting the environment thanfostering economic growth, according to acomparative study of political culture inCentral America conducted by the...

Foreign Student Population Triples

THE number of foreign students inCosta Rican public and private elementaryand high schools has more thantripled in 20 years, according to theMinistry of Public...

High Gas Prices Affect Consumption

THE high oil prices reported duringthe past five months are starting to havean effect on Costa Rican gasoline consumption,according to the Costa RicanPetroleum Refinery...

Documentary Features Campesinos

A group of six students from theUniversity of Costa Rica (UCR) has produceda documentary that aims to raiseawareness about the situation lived by thecampesinos...

Dengue Sickness Affects Caribbean Communities

DENGUE has ravaged the country’sCaribbean coast with more tenacity thanother areas this year, claiming 51% of thecountry’s outbreaks of this mosquito transmitteddisease, according to...

Minister of Women’s Affairs Resigns

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco onTuesday announced that Women’s AffairsMinister Esmeralda Britton had resignedfrom her post that morning.Pacheco said Britton’s resignation wasvoluntary and sparked by the...

Flamingo Community Battles to Reopen Marina

DESPITE previous assurances fromgovernment officials, boats have beenblocked from entering the FlamingoMarina in Guanacaste to pick up passengers,effectively putting a halt to boating relatedtourist...

Court Will Decide Fate of Street Vendors

AN administrative appeals court willdecide the fate of hundreds of curbsidevendors in San José and determine thefuture appearance of the capital’s streetsnear the Mercado...

High Court Orders Hotel Demolition

AN 11-year legal battle may be nearingan end since the Supreme Court’sCivil and Administrative Law Branch(Sala I) confirmed an order to demolishthe controversial Las...

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