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Daily Archives: August 10, 2011
Buying gifts for mom might put purchaser in credit trap
Monday is the Día de la Madre, a legal holiday in Costa Rica, and the Dirección de Apoyo al Consumidor of the economics ministry is warning about the pitfalls of purchasing gifts. The Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio routinely … Continue reading
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Agents finally do searches in killing of Facundo Cabral
Nearly a month after a Costa Rican was identified as the intellectual author of an assassination attempt in Guatemala, judicial police and prosecutors conducted raids on the man’s properties. The assassination led to the death of famed Argentine singer Facundo … Continue reading
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Swimmer gives up effort to reach Florida from Cuba
U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has ended her second attempt in 33 years to swim from Havana, Cuba, to the Florida Keys. After nearly 30 hours in the water, the 61-year-old athlete abandoned her effort Tuesday because of asthma, shoulder … Continue reading
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Here are five persons expats probably would not like to meet
If any reader has been stuck up recently, one or more of the above faces might seem familiar. The Sección de Asaltos of the Judicial Investigating Organization released these sketches with the hope that residents would come forward to identify … Continue reading
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Economics ministry gets ready for a flood of tax exemptions
Some 4,061 firms already have registered as a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise and the first two categories will be exempt from the new tax on corporations approved on first reading by the legislature Monday. In anticipation of a flood … Continue reading
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Writer had blinders on
Mr. Dean Barbour’s opinion dated Aug . 9 (Far right cash conspiracy designed to hurt Obama) reminds me of going to the race track and watching the trotters always going around in a circle wearing their blinders and never seen on the … Continue reading
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U.S tea party is equated to political whistleblowers
The tea party is the modern day political equivalent of the whistleblower. As is often the case the whistleblower is persecuted for telling the truth and exposing a fraud. One has to have a lot of courage and conviction to … Continue reading
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Story had too much info that could attract crooks
After reading the article on the Atenas robbery, I have to question the information that was written by the reporter. Yes, the story is of great importance, if for anything to remind us never to get to relaxed because we are barred … Continue reading
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Downtown street reconstruction felt all over city
Christmas will be a merry one if the firm reconstructing Avenida 3 in the heart of the downtown finishes on time. Until then, the ripple from the section of closed road reverberates all over the city. Avenida 3 is a … Continue reading
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