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Monthly Archives: August, 2005

Seven Thousand Teachers Lose 200-Day Bonus

APPROXIMATELY 7,000 teachersat public schools have already lost their200-day bonus to be paid in September,the daily La Nación reported.The instructors lose the bonus,which is...

Dengue May Have Claimed First Victim in Years

DENGUE fever, still on the rise throughout the country, may have claimed its first victim in the country since 1999, and Costa Ricans are...

Two Steps Back in Airport Dispute

IT has been nearly three months sincegovernment officials announced with glee that they had reached an agreement in the dispute that has stalled renovation...

Assembly Considers Laws to Protect Senior Citizens

WITH the goal of improving the living conditions of the country’s senior citizens, the Legislative Assembly is considering a set of laws to enforce...

Liceo de Costa Rica to Offer International Baccalaureate

LICEO de Costa Rica in San José has become the first public high school in Central America to offer an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree,...

New Ombudswoman: Human-Rights Education Needed

LISBETH Quesada began her professional career as an actress entertaining audiences in the 1970s. Ten years later her path took a dramatic twist as...

Oral English Exams to be Required for Graduation

BEGINNING next year, studentsgraduating from public high schools willbe required to pass an oral English exam,the daily La República reported. Now,the English exams required...

Police Uproot 125,000 Marijuana Plants

THE law reckoned with thousands of marijuana plants towering more than five meters over rented farmland in the rain forested Caribbean slope Saturday. Police...

Domestic Violence Bill For Couples Only

A bill that would penalize psychological and physical abuse against women will only apply to relationships between couples, and not “relationships of power,”such as...

Decree Prohibits Capture of Whales and Dolphins

COSTA Rica has become the first country in the world to prohibit swimming and scuba diving with dolphins and whales, as well as their...

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