Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The immigration department will be pasting visas into passports of foreigners who are here as students, academics, domestic workers and skilled employees, it said Friday.
Until now, those persons entering the country in these special categories received a passport stamp in ink. The new system is far more elaborate and designed to prevent fraud.
The sticker that will be pasted into the passport will have identification information and a photo of the visa holder. It is similar to the multicolor visas that the U.S. Embassy here emits to Costa Ricans going to the United States.
The new system conforms to international specifications, the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería said. Director Mario Zamora noted that the old-style rubber stamp was easy to falsify.
The department estimated that there are about 16,000 foreigners in the country in the categories that will be getting new visas.
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Five persons have been held after agents raided a bar and two homes in the Cartago area in an investigation of a shooting death Saturday that took the life of a 20-year-old Nicaraguan man.
The raids were directed by the Fiscalía Adjunta de Cartago and involved the bar in Agua Caliente de Cartago and homes in Taras de Cartago.
Investigators said they found five firearms and ammunition. A total of 10 persons were detained for questioning and five of these were held.
The victim, who had the last name of Ruiz, was shot down and died in Los Diques de Cartago.
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
ASVO is a non-profit NGO which places volunteers in Costa Rica’s national parks and protected areas. ASVO’s objective is to improve the conditions and amount of volunteer work performed at a national and international level. ASVO places volunteers in national parks and other areas protected by the Ministry of Environment and Energy all over the country. The Matapalo Sea Turtle project needs volunteers to help protect the sea turtle nesting area of Playa Mata Palo, to help increase the number of sea turtles nesting successfully on the beach and the number of hatchlings which survive. Playa Matapalo is located 1 kilometre from the community of the same name and extends for 12km. The area protects a variety of marine life, including marine turtles, crabs, and fish, as well as a number of reptiles.
The most important activity of the park is the protection of the eggs of marine turtles and release of the baby turtles.
Volunteers must be of age 22 or above with minimum education of high school. This placement does not need any volunteers in the month of Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr and May.
Volunteers with the following special skills are preferred for the placement:-
Forestry Environmental Science Biology Data Collection Hiking Volunteers can assist by doing following tasks:-
From June 1 to November 30: 1. Construction of the breeding grounds. 2. Beach signaling. 3. Patrol walks to protect nests, females and for data collection purposes(Biometry, marking, etc.) 4. Transfer of nests and monitoring of the breeding grounds. From December 1 to December 31: 1. Registry of breeding ground information. 2. Liberation of newborn turtles. 3. Nest exhumation. From June 1 to December 31: 1. Maintenance and construction of infrastructure. 2. Beach cleaning. 3. Community projection.
Basecamp International welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference. If you are interested in this placement then please contact us for the details: Email: info@basecampcenters.com Website: www.basecampcenters.com Mailing Address 298 Bagot Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K 3B4 Phone: 613.541.7862 Toll Free : 866.646.4693 Fax: 613.541.1604
The project is extending their efforts to promote community awareness and interaction through projects with the clinic, schools, and other local people. They are always open to new suggestions, fresh ideas from people willing to implement them.
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