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Coffee Junkies – Starbucks is COMING SOON!

Posted on | January 27, 2012 | No Comments

The world renown coffee mega vendor, Starbucks, will be opening their first store in San Jose in May of this year. The specific location has yet to be announced. “We are very excited to introduce our high-quality coffee and the Starbuck’s experience to our clients in Costa Rica,” said Pablo Arizmendi-Kalb, vice president and CEO [...]


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220 New Doctors and No Where To Put Them

Posted on | January 27, 2012 | No Comments

The National Medical Union (UMN) reported that although there are 220 new specialists set to begin work throughout the CCSS hospitals from the 1st of February, these are not certain. These doctors, says the Union, are assigned a health center within their field of expertise, but the lack of areas to put them is limited. [...]


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11 Cases of Swine Flu in Costa Rica With 3 Deaths

Posted on | January 27, 2012 | No Comments

The Ministry of Health confirmed today that there are 11 cases of people infected and three died of H1N1 influenza in the last three weeks. The Ministry of Health, reported that those infected have an age range between 11 and 62. Also during this period, they confirmed three people died as a result of the [...]


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FINALLY! iPhone 4S is Released in Costa Rica

Posted on | January 27, 2012 | No Comments

The countdown is over. As expected, dozens of people waited anxiously for several hours, to Kölbi stores, Claro and Movistar, opened its doors at midnight to first acquire the latest model of Apple, the iPhone 4S. Dozens of people line up to buy the iPhone 4S. ICE shops had quite the attendance, despite the unusual [...]


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H1N1 Claims Yet Another Life

Posted on | January 26, 2012 | No Comments

The Health Ministry yesterday confirmed the death of a man of 52 years old due to the AH1N1 flu, this is the second death because of this virus so far this year. He died on January 16 at the Max Peralta Hospital in Cartago, but it was only yesterday when the Ministry of Health confirmed [...]


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Tico Transporting Cocaine To Spain Is Arrested

Posted on | January 26, 2012 | No Comments

A Costa Rican was arrested Tuesday night at the Juan Santamaria Airport in Alajuela, when he tried to leave the country with two kilos of cocaine hidden in the double lining of a suitcase. The discovery was made ​​by officials of the Drug Control Police (PCD) during a check routine to the passengers before they [...]


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      The world renown coffee mega vendor, Starbucks, will be opening their first store in San Jose in May of this year. The specific location has yet to be announced. “We are very excited to introduce our high-quality coffee and the Starbuck’s experience to our clients in Costa Rica,” said Pablo Arizmendi-Kalb, vice president and CEO […]
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      The National Medical Union (UMN) reported that although there are 220 new specialists set to begin work throughout the CCSS hospitals from the 1st of February, these are not certain. These doctors, says the Union, are assigned a health center within their field of expertise, but the lack of areas to put them is limited. […]

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