Archive for November 24th, 2008
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Continued rain and rising waters have caused more bridges to become unpassable and landslides to close roads on the Caribbean Coast.
Closure of the Braulio Carrillo highway between San Jose and Limon due to 3 landslides on the route. As well the alternate route through Turrialba is also blocked due to landslides between Turrialba and Siquirres. There is also a road closure between Siquirres and Limon due to rising waters of the Chirripó River.
Unconfirmed reports also says that the highway between Cahuita and Limon is also blocked due to rising waters of the Rio Estrella. Apparently the bridge linking BriBri and Sixaola to Hone Creek and on the rest of the country is also not passable.
MEPE´s San Jose office advised that there will be no more buses today but tomorrow they advise simply ”vamos a ver” (let´s wait and see).
Besides the road closures, more than 4,000 people have been left temporarily homeless by the rain. The Cruz Roja has more than 50 staff working in the area and is mobilizing auxiliary forces to try and rescue people stranded by the storm.
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
The United States will begin the final round of World Cup qualifying in the Concacaf region by hosting Mexico on Feb. 11. The draw was held Saturday morning in Johannesburg in conjunction with the draw for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, which will be played in South Africa a year before it hosts the 2010 World Cup. The other teams in the group are Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Trinidad and Tobago. The top three finishers will go to South Africa, and a fourth team will enter a playoff against the fifth-place finisher in South America for another berth.
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Tourists flying into Costa Rica will soon have to pay a new $15 tax.
The new tax on plane tickets replaces a 3 percent tax on hotel rooms that generated just $10 million a year and was hard to enforce.
The new tax should generate $25 million a year to help the Costa Rica Tourism Institute attract more visitors.
Tourism is a $2 billion a year industry in Costa Rica. Each year, nearly 2 million people visit the country known for its eco-tourism. The new tax was approved late Thursday by Congress and should take effect later this year.
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