Archive for January 4th, 2010
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Joan Rivers says she was “held hostage” in a Costa Rica airport on Sunday — and not by her plastic surgeon. The 74-year-old comedienne was detained by an airport official because the name on her passport is “Joan Rosenberg AKA Joan Rivers,”.
Rivers explained that her late husband’s name was Ed Rosenberg, but that didn’t satisfy the official, who gave her seat to someone else. Rivers was irate. Police were called to the scene, but the plane left without her.
Hasta la vista, baby.
Rivers says she had to stay overnight and pay for her own hotel before the mixup was resolved and she finally boarded a plane back to New York on Monday morning. According to the TMZ report, she’s still mad.
And when Joan Rivers gets mad, somebody’s going to lose their job. Just ask David Tutera, one of her “Celebrity Apprentice” cohorts who called her “such a monster I cannot begin to even explain,” according to the Daily News.
We’re told the passport situation was eventually resolved and this morning Joan got on a plane — but as you could imagine … she ain’t happy about it.
Watch for this one on the news tonight. Guaranteed, Rivers will have something to say.
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
A judge has left free on bail a Colombian man who was responsible for the death of 8 indigents in a New Year’s day traffic accident. The man had a 2.37 alcohol per blood sample that led to his arrest.
In the accident, several other motorists suffered bumps and bruises as their vehicles collided with the drunk driver.
The judge, contrary to the request of the Fiscalía for preventive detention, ordered the man released and to sign in at the courthouse every 15 days and not to have any contact with the families of the victims or the witnesses to the accident.
In December a total of 370 drunk drivers were fined or pulled off the streets by the Policía de Tránsito for driving while intoxicated.
Drivers caught over the limit of 0.50 face a possible jail term of 1 to 3 years and the suspension of their drivers license from six months to life for reoccurrence.
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
Costa Rica’s Red Cross saved an average of five people a day during 2009, according to a Jan. 1 press release from the emergency response agency.
Yet, even with their rapid response and improved training, 995 people were killed in 2009, either from traffic accidents, assaults with weapons or from the Jan. 8 Cinchona earthquake.
The principal causes of death were traffic accidents, at 33.7 percent and injuries resulting from firearms (22.9 percent).
“It’s unfortunate that close to 1,000 households had to mourn those incidents,” said Miguel Carmona, president of the Red Cross. “However, we won’t stop asking people to take preventative measures to avoid an increase in the statistics in the coming year.”
The Red Cross’ final death count for 2009 actually decreased from 1,090 in 2008, but increased by 23 percent since 2000. Without the Red Cross, the statistics would be much worse, Carmona said.
The figures consist of fatalities that the Red Cross encountered on the scene. Persons who later died from injuries were not included.
The Red Cross also said it traveled 70,000 miles and administered first aid to nearly 1,200 people every day.
“Immediate first aid applied by Red Cross workers saves lives and avoids lifetime injuries,” he said. “In a selfless manner, Red Cross workers give voluntary service 365 days a year, 24 hours a day; an effort worthy of recognition.”
97 Violent Deaths Recorded in December alone…
The December numbers are in, 97 people lost their lives violently in Costa Rican in December, five less than December 2008. The total number of violent deaths in 2009 closed at 997.
Authorities say that of the 997, 278 died from aggression with a knife or gun, while 267 involved in a traffic accident.
Although the number of deaths on the nation’s highways is high, Tránsito (traffic) authorities emphasize that the number of deaths is down by 30 over 2008. Drinking and driving and speeding are the leading causes of traffic accident fatalities.
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
Join us for this “Once in a blue moon” Full Moon Party January 2nd, 2010 at the Copacabana Hotel & Suites located on the beach in Jaco, Costa Rica.
The festivities begin at 8:00PM and there is no cover charge!
Come dressed in white and get ready to party with music by our live DJ.
Plenty of fun for everyone under the stars, on the beach and with our full liquor bar.
Delight yourself with the Copacabana’s Ocean Waves restaurant serving International and Latin American cuisine.
Watch sporting events on the big screen and take advantage of our two pools and the swim up bar.
Get ready to howl at the moon and party hard January 2nd, 2010 at the Copacabana Hotel & Suites: www.copacabanahotel.com on Jaco beach.
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
The war against drug trafficking started 2010 with a bang, with the first confiscation of the year. The haul of 246 kilos of cocaine came into the hands of the Fuerza Pública de San Ramón when they received a call involving a domestic violence.
It appears that a couple had been arguing and neighours called police, where they found a 51 year old Costa Rican man arguing with a 34 year old Dominican woman.
Authorities had suspected that the house the couple were sharing had been used as a “narco-bodega” (drug warehouse) but did not have sufficient evidence to warrant a raid.
When they got the call to respond to the domestic violence, police say they heard a woman inside the house crying, giving them sufficient grounds to enter the premises where they found the stash of drugs.
Confiscated from the home were also weapons and ammunitions, along with a luxury vehicle, home furnishings and equipment to weigh and store the drugs.
The man was identified by his last names Jiménez Araya and the woman Pérez Castillo.
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