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Narc Gets 10 Years for Leaking Info
- Monday, 20 February 2012 01:16
- Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2012 10:14
- Written by Rod Hughes
An auxiliary member of the Judicial police Narcotics Squad received a 10 year sentence for leaking information about ongoing investigations to drug gangs. The judges called his behavior "betrayal of his duty."
The condemned, Walter Valverde, will also be unable to hold any public post for the next 1- years. A co-defendant was cleared by the criminal court through lack of evidence.
Santamaria Rated 3rd Best Airport
- Friday, 17 February 2012 01:56
- Last Updated on Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:48
- Written by Rod Hughes
Relations between Costa Rica's Civil Aviation and Juan Santamaria International Airport's concessionaires and managers has not always been the fondest, but it appears that all the sturm und drang has been worth it.
The Gineva, Switzerland-based Airport Council International has rated the new facilities the third best in Latin America and the Caribbean from the point of view of passenger service.
"Marriage Machine" Gets 186 Years in Prison
- Sunday, 05 February 2012 01:50
- Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:31
- Written by Rod Hughes
The three-judge panel that tried and convicted lawyer/notary Kattia Salas, 41, to 186 years in prison called her "a marriage machine." She was sentenced for performing at least 31 "paper marriages" so that foreigners could get residency.
Despite the severity of the sentence, Costa Rican law limits the length of prison time to only three of the convictions at the heaviest sentence the law allows. That means Salas will get 18 years at the maximum six years for falsifying information on each count.
End of World Movie to Open Here
- Friday, 03 February 2012 04:15
- Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 12:52
- Written by Rod Hughes
As probably all our readers know, the Mayan calendar ends abruptly at what scholars calculate is 2012 A.D. (We at this blog believe that Mayan astronomers merely ran out of space on the stone they were carving.)
Still, the end of the world makes for fun science fiction movies from Hollywood. Young Costa Rican writer-director Miguel Gomez has just finished a comedy on the theme, El Fin (The End), due to open here in late February.
Ticas Fall to Area Champs
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012 12:59
- Last Updated on Monday, 29 November 1999 18:00
- Written by Russ Martin
The Costa Rican National Women's team fell Friday night to the US Women's team, which beat hostesses Canada on Sunday to claim the CONCACAF area championship. Both Canada and the US qualified for the London Olympic Games. Costa Rica lost 3-0 to the US, playing considerably better than in the qualification rounds, while Canada was beaten 4-0.
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A fijatevos.com Heads Up: Want to see some excellent photos of Costa Rica? CNN makes use of what it does best, giving iReport amateurs a chance to play journalist with arresting pictures and commentary, this time on its Travel Adventure page. http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/629368?hpt=itr_bn1 The feature is so compelling that it made fijatevos staffers want to go there -- even though they already live in the country! Some of the commentary also gives two excellent reasons for visiting Costa Rica in the off season: fewer tourists and generally lower prices. |
