Archive for June 9th, 2009
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
The ministra de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT), Karla González, is responding to the demands of residents of Santa Ana to reduce or eliminate the tolls at Piedades de Santa Ana.
To that end, the ministra is expected to make a formal request to the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) to review the toll charges on the new highway to Caldera.
The proposal expected is to ask the Aresep for a reduction of 50% of the toll charges that are not yet in effect. That would mean that the tolls at Santa Ana would be lowered to ¢80 from ¢160 colones (each way).
The MOPT says it expects the Aresep to heed to the wishes of the transport minister and have a decision in not more than eight days.
Ministra González said the ¢80 colones toll is based on a calculation made in 1998 and lowering to that amount would in no way affect the concession contract with Autopistas del Sol. (more…)
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
The AH1N1 flu virus keeps on infecting more and more Ticos each day, with the total number of infected now at 93, according to the ministerio de Salud.
Ana Cecilia Morice, vice-ministra de Salud, confirmed the 93 cases, adding that there are still 8 more cases that are listed as “probable”, after discarting 1.756 cases since April 24.
Morice said that the those between the ages of 20 and 29 and children up to nine years of age have been the most affected by the virus, representing 72% or 70 cases.
The vice-ministra added that women have been affected more than men. (more…)
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
A 42-year-old British man said he is lucky to be alive after enduring numerous stings while being trapped amongst jellyfish for 40 minutes in Costa Rica.
Crispin Freeman had been kite-surfing off the coast of Costa Rica when he crash-landed amid a two-mile mass of the poisonous underwater creatures.
Before being swept free of the jellyfish by strong currents, the father-of-three endured so many stings he went into shock and his body began to shut down.
Freeman, who was eventually rescued and hospitalized following the May 23 incident, said his experience with the jellyfish was horrifying.
“I panicked initially but after a while I couldn’t feel anything at all,” he said of his response while amid the animals.
“I thought I was going to die.”
Despite the multiple stings he endured in the incident, Freeman has made a full recovery.
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