Daily Archives: June 26, 2012

The love of music predates humanity, and one can guess that even the earliest protohumans and humans had their pickup percussion groups. Archaeologist have unearthed a bone flute that is perhaps 40,000 years old. With the advent of ceramics, modern … Continue reading →

A general strike called for today by teachers has five stated reasons, but some groups are much more focused. At least 10 unions have said they will participate starting at 9 a.m. But the Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos y … Continue reading →

The Consejo Nacional de Salarios has fixed the pay increase for private employees at 3 percent for the second half of the year. No one seems very happy about the amount. Some union activists scorned the amount, which means 3,000 … Continue reading →

An earthquake north and east of Turrialba gave a sharp jolt to residents of that area at 9:17 p.m. Monday. The Red Sismológica Nacional said that the depth, just 15 kilometers (a bit more than 9 miles), suggested the quake … Continue reading →

Amnet, the cable television and Internet company, had another outage Monday that prevented subscribers from accessing the Web. A customer service representative said that the outage covered all over Costa Rica. The system failed about 1:40 p.m. shortly after business … Continue reading →

Sea Shepherd, Sea Shepherd U.K. and Capt. Paul Watson have prevailed in a lawsuit filed by a Maltese fish brokerage firm, Fish & Fish, that was filed in response to the release of 800 bluefin tuna in June 2010 off … Continue reading →

With land-line telephones in decline and Web sites like Skype that offer internet calling on the rise, the Cámara de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación has planned to devote its latest biweekly lecture and forum on how this communication evolution … Continue reading →

Investigators in Limón believe that gang rivalry is behind the wave of shootings in that canton. The latest drive-by shooting was Sunday just four minutes before midnight. Judicial agents said that two men, identified by the last name and ages … Continue reading →

Prosecutors are investigating a judge in Alajuela in a sexual harassment case involved a worker at the court building. The Poder Judicial said little about the case and has not named the judge formally. However, the man was taken into … Continue reading →