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Cock Fighters Prepare for Vote Fight
- Friday, 18 May 2012 01:40
- Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:16
- Written by Rod Hughes
Lovers of the dubious sport of cockfighting, outlawed here for 90 years, have come out of the closet with a bill in the Legislative Assembly to legalize the activity. They say they are ready to fight tooth and nail—or rather beak and claw—for its passage.
Alexander Pinto, spokesman for the Association of Fighting Cock Raisers, claims he has worked two years on the legislation with an unnamed group of legal experts “of great renown.”
Aresep Sets Rates for Private Electricity
- Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:51
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:13
- Written by Rod Hughes
The utility rate watchdog agency ARESEP has set a standard rate ICE, the government-owned utility, will pay for privately generated electricity. The agency said that no standard rate had been established before.
ICE will now pay a minimum of $0.0798 per kilowatt/hour and a maximum of $0.1363. These standard rates will be negotiated on the basis of costs of generation, demand, schedule and location.
Surprise!--World Continues
- Monday, 14 May 2012 10:19
- Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 09:36
- Written by Rod Hughes
It is either good news or bad, depending how disgusted you are with the modern world. But the archaeological discovery of new information about Mayan calendars prove that the world is not ending Dec. 21, 2012.
The writing painted on the walls of a building in northern Guatemala have shed new light on Mayan calendars, their astronomy and writing in general. Plus, they turned up some really cool paintings of warriors.
Police Aircraft Shadows Suspicious Flight
- Monday, 14 May 2012 02:11
- Last Updated on Friday, 11 May 2012 09:02
- Written by Rod Hughes
An unarmed Costa Rican police aircraft shadowed a suspicious northbound aircraft for 20 frustrating minutes, trying to oblige the pilot to land here, without result.
Pilot Cristian Alvarado, 30, flew 10 yards off the other aircraft's wingtip, madly gesturing but the other pilot and his companion ignored Alvarado's communication attempts and did not deign to answer radio messages.
New Trial Ordered in Fishing Case
- Sunday, 13 May 2012 04:30
- Last Updated on Friday, 11 May 2012 08:43
- Written by Rod Hughes
A nine-year-old case of where a fishing boat captain was hauled before the court on illegal fishing charges will get a new trial, despite a previous not guilty verdict.
The case points up the differences between the Napoleonic Code system used in many Latin American countries as well as in Europe -- naturally, in France -- and Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence, where prosecutors would have to shrug off their defeat.
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