Archive for February 10th, 2009
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
As many as 40 people a day, most of them women, visit the San José Municipality’s Bolsa de Empleo employment program in search of a new job, according to the program’s coordinator and only employee, Viviana Sánchez.
The Bolsa aims to put employers in touch with qualified employees. These days, however, Sánchez said, a drop in companies’ dem and has made it harder to find a match for would-be workers.
Sánchez said about 170 jobless people sought her help in January alone during the office’s hours of 8 to 11 a.m. Most of them were looking for skilled administrative jobs, she said.
Jeremy Barquero, 25, visited Sánchez’s office Monday, saying he hadn’t found a new job since being let go from HSBC bank in November. “I never thought it would take this long,” he said.
The office is located in the Municipality building on Avenida 10, and can be contacted at 2295-6060 or by e-mail at intermediacionempleo@msj.go.cr.
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Motorcyclist Jeremy Lusk remained in intensive care Sunday night after a spectacular accident in the X-Knights competition Saturday in the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa.
Some 22,000 persons watched at the international free style motorcycle competition as one of Lusk’s airborne tricks went awry. Lusk lost control of his motorcycle in the air as he attempted to jump a ramp. The cyclist’s body flipped backwards and he hit the dirt mound becoming unconscious.
The Cruz Roja came to Lusk’s aid, and he went by ambulance to Hospital Calderón Guardia. Doctors are waiting for the swelling in Lusk’s brain to go down, according to the cyclist’s official Web site. (more…)
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Facing growing tensions over price hikes Costa Ricans learned that the economic growth of their country will fall below the 2.2 percent planned.
The daily La Prensa Libre published the announcement on its front page of the digital edition.
According to the president of the Costa Rican Central Bank, Francisco de Paula Gutierrez, there will be a fall in the demand for goods and services, direct foreign investments and domestic demand including consumption and investments as a result of the international situation. (more…)
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
The latest gnerosity by the government of China towards Costa Rica is the donation of 200 patrol cars to the Fuerza Pública (police), which will be deployed mainly in San Jose and Limón.
The 200 vehicles, built in China and marketed under the brand name, Besturn, were showcased in the Parque Metropolitano La Sabana on Friday.
Participating in the ceremony was Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, the Ministra de Seguridad Janina del Vecchio and China’s ambassador to Costa Rica, Wang Xiaoyuan. (more…)
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