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A Taste of Shakespeare in San José: “Falstaff,” the comedic opera by 19 th -century composer Giuseppe Verdi adapted from Shakespeare's “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and parts of “Henry VI,” opens at the National Theater in downtown San José tomorrow and runs through Aug. 9; call 221-5341 for ticket information. |
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| Bus Accident in Costa Rica
Leaves Eight in Critical Condition |
Eight people are in delicate condition and about 25 are injured after a bus headed from the eastern province of Cartago to the Panamanian border overturned, Red Cross spokesman Manuel Retana told The Tico Times yesterday.
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| Dengue Threatens Limón Carnival |
The Public Health Ministry is threatening to cancel the annual October Carnival in the Caribbean port of Limón if a recent spate of dengue doesn't slow down in the next two weeks. |
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| Tico Times' Reaching Out
Program Gets Regional Recognition |
The Tico Times was recognized this week by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) for its Reaching Out program, an inter-sector effort to put the newspaper in the hands of Costa Rican students learning English.
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Czech Film Festival
With films by Jan Svankmejer, 7 p.m., Czech Embassy, Barrio
Otoya, San José.
COSTA RICA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
Jam session with Juilliard School of Music, Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico and UCR, 3 p.m., Eugene O'Neill Theater, Barrio Dent, San José; Rimon School of Jazz, 6 p.m., Eugene O'Neill Theater; Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico and UCR, 7 p.m., in front of basilica, Cartago; Sisters in Jazz, 8 p.m., Teatro Dionisio, Café Britt, Heredia; Juilliard School of Music, 9 p.m., Eugene O'Neill Theater.
Bob Benjamin Zúñiga Performs
Best Western Tamarindo, sunset; tomorrow, Father Rooster, Playa Ocotal, 6:30 p.m.
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Tico Times Staff | aroberson@ticotimes.net |
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Bus Accident in Costa Rica
Leaves Eight in Critical Condition |
By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff | aroberson@ticotimes.net
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Eight people are in delicate condition and about 25 are injured after a bus headed from the eastern province of Cartago to the Panamanian border overturned, Red Cross spokesman Manuel Retana told The Tico Times yesterday.
Officials are unsure of the cause of the accident, which occurred near the Southern Zone town of Palmar Norte at 11:40 a.m. The privately operated bus, which was headed to the Panamanian border area of Paso Canoas on a shopping excursion, flipped over, hitting a light post.
Two of the eight passengers in delicate condition were flown to a San José hospital for treatment; the others are divided among several Southern Zone hospitals and clinics. All of those on board were adults, Retana said, though he could not provide their names. |
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Dengue Threatens Limón Carnival |
The Public Health Ministry is threatening to cancel the annual October Carnival in the Caribbean port of Limón if a recent spate of dengue doesn't slow down in the next two weeks.
According to a statement from the ministry, cases would have to drop by 20% to maintain safe conditions for those attending the carnival.
Dengue has made a comeback in Costa Rica this year, with cases almost doubling over the same period last year (TT, June 29).
The epidemic began in the northwestern Guanacaste province in January and has since swapped coasts to Limón, which has reported more cases of dengue than any other Costa Rican province this year, according to the ministry.
Fumigation efforts and education programs continue locally, though progress has been limited as heavy rains create more breeding grounds for mosquitoes, the transmitters of this fever-inducing disease.
To help combat the problem, Bridgestone Firestone of Costa Rica has announced a campaign called “ A Million Ways to Fight Dengue.”
The company is offering a prize of ¢1 million ($1,925) to the community group, school, development association or non-profit that finds the most ingenious use for old tires and method for disposing of them.
The objective, according to a statement from the company, is to get old tires off the streets and out of local junkyards, where they serve as prime breeding grounds for the mosquitoes.
“Our initiative will involve everyone – businesses and community associations – to lower the infection rate of dengue through concrete actions,” said Alejandro Cortés, a director at Bridgestone Firestone.
The proposed projects will be judged based on their creativity, originality, impact and sustainability. The entry period will close Aug. 10, and awards will be announced Oct. 10.
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Tico Times' Reaching Out
Program Gets Regional Recognition |
By Gillian Gillers
Tico Times Staff | ggillers@ticotimes.net
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The Tico Times was recognized this week by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) for its Reaching Out program, an inter-sector effort to put the newspaper in the hands of Costa Rican students learning English.
Reaching Out was named as a finalist for the association's Newspaper in Education Award. First place went to the Mexican newspaper Novedades de Quintana Roo for its “ Novedades in Education ” program.
Under the Reaching Out program, businesses pay to provide copies of The Tico Times to public high schools targeted by the Public Education Ministry for English-language education. The U.S. Embassy also trains instructors on how to teach English using the newspapers. The program was founded in 2006 as part of The Tico Times' 50 th anniversary celebration.
“It's a great honor to be part of such a prestigious award,” said Rodrigo León, director of Reaching Out. “The fact that we are among the finalists speaks very well of the work The Tico Times is doing.”
In 2006, nine schools throughout the country received Tico Times subscriptions, thanks to sponsoring companies Intel, Proctor & Gamble, Scotiabank, Pfizer, Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard, Grupo Real, Textos Educativos, Grupo Inmobiliaria Génesis and GlaxoSmithKline. This year's sole sponsor, Canada-based Scotiabank, has made The Tico Times available at two high schools.
Sponsors also send volunteers to the schools to help teach English classes and chat with the students. Volunteers from Scotiabank regularly visit classes at the Bilingual Experimental High School of Moravia, a suburb northeast of San José. The school receives about 300 copies of The Tico Times a week, which it uses to teach English to students ages 16 and 17.
The volunteers “really motivate the students,” said Gabriela Hernández, who coordinates the school's English program. “When people come from the outside to speak English to them... it thrills them. It really thrills them.”
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