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Winners in my book: A young Nicaraguan girl sports her brand new New England Patriots Super Bowl Champions T-shirt, one of hundreds schoolchildren and their families in the small village of San Gregorio, Diriamba, who took part in the giveaway of shirts and caps of the losing U.S. football team. The program was organized by the World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization, in conjunction with the U.S. National Football League (NFL) and Reebok. |
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| Costa Rican business owners stay optimistic |
| Business owners are overwhelmingly positive about the economy here, according to the latest quarterly survey released by the Union of Private-Sector Chambers and Associations (UCCAEP). |
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| U.S. low-cost carrier to fly Costa Rican skies |
| ATA Airlines will begin a direct Miami-San José route next month, the low-cost U.S. carrier said. |
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| Court rules against women's
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Costa Rica's Constitutional Court struck down a law yesterday that obliged women – but not men – to wait 300 days after a divorce before they could re-marry, the Associated Press reported. |
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Play ¿Sexo? Sí, gracias por preguntar
Performed by Abya Yala group, comedy/sex-ed lecture, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 6 p.m., Giratablas Theater, 241-1519.
Orchid Fair and Exhibit
Friday through Sunday, Else Kientzler Botanic Garden, 400 m. north of Sarchí Stadium, Sarchí, Alajuela, 454-2070, 454-4956, www.elsegarden.com.
Story Telling Show “El coyote y la luciérnaga”
Friday, 6 p.m., Librería Internacional. Barrio Dent; Saturday, 3 p.m., Librería Internacional Rohrmoser; Sunday, 3 p.m., Librería Internacional, Santa Ana. |
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| February 16 |
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CENAC Summer Festival
Free Film “An Inconvinient Truth,” 5:30 p.m., Parque España; Horror Tales Show, 7:30 p.m., Torres at CENAC; Concert by Manuel Monestel, 8:30 p.m., CENAC Amphitheater. Sunday, Aserrí Mascarade, 11 a.m., Parque Morazán; Circómico, noon; Family Tales, 1 p.m.; Paper Stories, 2 p.m.; Story telling show, 4 p.m., all at CENAC. Gospel Concert by Masterkey
Saturday, 8 p.m., Cine Magaly, Barrio La California, 280-5949.
Oxcart Parade
Including contests, Saturday and Sunday, Miramar, Puntarenas, 639-9646. |
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| February 17 |
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Long Distance Race
Distance: 10.5 km., 8 a.m., from Perimercados supermarket, Centro Comercial del Sur to Terramall, Curridabat, registration deadline Saturday, at Permiercados Supermarkets. Info: 307-3216.
Tamarindo Fair
To keep the blue flag, featuring cycling, a business fair, surf exhibition, fashion parade, Tamarindo Beach, parking next to the Witch's Rock.
VIII Expoferia Orosi Colonial 2008
Featuring soccer tournament, 11 a.m.; contests, the biggest tortilla and home bread ever made and cimarrona music, noon; concert by Banda Chiqui Chiqui, 3 p.m.; concert by the Paraíso School Music. |
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Edited By Alex Leff
Tico Times Staff | aleff@ticotimes.net |
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| Costa Rican business owners stay optimistic |
By Peter Krupa
Tico Times Staff | pkrupa@ticotimes.net
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Business owners are overwhelmingly positive about the economy here, according to the latest quarterly survey released by the Union of Private-Sector Chambers and Associations (UCCAEP).
The survey, which asked the opinions of more than 400 business owners in Costa Rica, found 94% predicting the economy will either continue its strong growth or grow even faster in the coming quarter.
The private sector union conducted the survey in the first weeks of January, before the Central Bank released a pessimistic assessment of the Costa Rican economy that predicted growth would slow in 2008 to 4.8% from last year's 6.8%.
Still, the indices released by UCCAEP – the business owner perception index and the business owner confidence index – reflect the highest opinion of the country's economy since the union began conducting the survey a decade ago.
Read today's print or online edition of The Tico Times for more on this story. |
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| U.S. low-cost carrier to fly Costa Rican skies |
ATA Airlines will begin a direct Miami-San José route next month, the low-cost U.S. carrier said.
ATA also plans to open routes to Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.
The Florida-Costa Rica flights, starting March 15, will cost $190 plus tax, Iván Casorla, sales manager of USA LatinSky, the company charged with ATA's Costa Rica advertising, told the daily La República. The price would change according to demand, he said.
ATA will become the third airline to fly here directly from Miami, after El Salvador's TACA and American Airlines. Its flights will be on the Boeing 737-800, which seats 148 in economy class, 12 in executive.
“The flight responds to the high demand in the United States for Latin America,” according to USA LatinSky operations manager Javier Araya. |
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Court rules against women's
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Costa Rica's Constitutional Court struck down a law yesterday that obliged women – but not men – to wait 300 days after a divorce before they could re-marry, the Associated Press reported.
Article 16, section 2 of the Family Code says that women must complete such a waiting period.
Lawyer Kattia Umaña led the charge against what she called a discriminatory law, successfully swaying the court to rule the article unconstitutional. The Legislative Assembly will soon have to approve the legislation change. |
-Tico Times
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