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More Bad News for the Caja
- Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:40
- Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2012 10:56
- Written by Rod Hughes
More bad news has surfaced for the country's universal health care industry: A recent study reveals that hospitals and clinics in the Social Security (Caja) system are falling apart and need over a billion dollars to repair.
Some 70% of Caja facilities are classified as from "moderate to bad" condition and will require some $1,164,000 to bring up to acceptAble condition. But the Caja barely scraped through last year with a one-time government grant.
Border Road Scandal Balloons
- Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:04
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:28
- Written by Rod Hughes
The scandal about northern border road paralleling the San Juan River that cost the Minister of Public Works (MOPT) and the head of the highway contracting agency CONAVI their jobs may have increased its scope.
Last week, the government froze all government contracts with private construction firms for six months. This week, detectives with search warrants raided houses in San Jose, Heredia and Puntarenas.
Canadian Captain Captured in Bizaare Sea Case
- Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:03
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:54
- Written by Rod Hughes
An eight-year-old international fugitive capture order resulted in the detaining of Canadian captain Paul Watson by German police. Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, was wanted in a bizarre sea case for allegedly endangering another vessel.
Watson, now 61, and a Costa Rican fishing boat captain were involved in 2004 in a conflict in international waters. The Foreign Ministry is now filing paperwork with the German authorities to extradite Watson to Costa Rica for trial.
Cops Break Sex Slavery Ring
- Tuesday, 15 May 2012 03:51
- Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 15:42
- Written by Rod Hughes
Police broke up a ring that held 25 foreign women in sexual slavery here, the leading newspaper La Nacion reported Friday. The girls were from Colombia, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and one even from Russia.
Prostitution is not, individually, illegal in this country but organizing it is. Especially repugnant and illegal to authorities is the holding of women against their will and luring women into the country for sexual purposes.
March Economic Activity Up Nearly 7%
- Tuesday, 15 May 2012 01:47
- Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 15:44
- Written by Rod Hughes
So far, so good, say economists, checking the figures. The monthly economic activity index shows an upturn of 6.83% in March over the same month in 2011, the Central Bank reported this week.
Production is up in all sectors, from microprocessors to carrots to services and health care, the report shows, The index excludes irregular factors.
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