Archive for September 3rd, 2010
Costa Rica’s China Town To Be A Reality In 2011
Friday, September 3rd, 2010The awaited “Barrio Chino” (Chinatown) in San José will be a reality in 2011.
According to Ana Elena Salas, with the gerencia de Provisión de Servicios for the municipalidad de San José, said the work will commence in the first quarter of 2011 and should take six months to complete.
The delay in developing a Barrio Chino is due to the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) not authorizing the work fearing increased traffic congestion in the downtown core with the reconstruction work projects by the municipality of several streets.
Currently the municipalidad de San José is reconstructing Avenida 8 after complete similar work on other Avenidas and Calles.
Dengue Increases in Costa Rica
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Nearly 21,000 people in Costa Rica have suffered dengue fever so far this year, the ministerio de Salud (ministry of Health) informed on Thursday.
The ministry said in a report that this represents a 621.6 percent increase over the same period last year, when only 3,326 cases were reported.
The number of dengue patients grew despite government’s preventive campaigns urging the population to eliminate the sources of infection of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, the agent that transmits the disease, the text added.
HP To Hire 100 In Saturday’s Job Fair
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Hewlett Packard announced that it will be hiring 100 people at its job fair tomorrow. Among the jobs on offer are network engineers, project administrators and customer service.
The HP job fair will be held at the Zona Franca Americas located 500 metres northeast of the Plaza Real Cariari, on calle La Russia, Edificio 2H.
HP asks those interested in applying to bring their curriculum vitae “in English”, two copies of their cedula and a copy of their formal education qualifications.
The job fair is between 9am and 4pm.
Arturo Velasco, HP’s general manager, said the hiring is part of HP’s growth in Costa Rica that will see up to 650 new jobs created this year.
Plastic surgery in costa rica
Friday, September 3rd, 2010With Makeovers Costa Rica you have an opportunity to change your life forever! Why travel to Costa Rica for plastic surgery and dental treatments? Costa Rica is a leader in the provision of health care, and has become a favored destination for medical services. Low prices, good surgeons, the body that you want and an incredible vacation. We offer Cosmetic Surgery and Dental Treatments within your reach.
There are many plastic surgeons, but the top board certified plastic surgeons are in Costa Rica. The average price for Body Sculpturing in the U.S. is $9,000. The same procedure in Costa Rica is $3,500.
Costa Rica is just a quick plane ride away. It is very Americanized and has some of the best medical facilities in the world.
Body Sculpturing
Body Sculpturing also known as body contouring is a procedure which reshapes and enhances parts of the body. One popular approach involves liposuction or ultrasonic liposuction.
Some of the best plastic surgeons in the world are located in Costa Rica. And, oh, do the people come! San Jose, Costa Rica has become a Mecca for highly skilled cosmetic and reconstructive surgeons, oral surgeons, and ophthalmologists.
People come from all over the world for the extraordinary low prices, highly skilled plastic surgeons, and state-of-the-art facilities.
The climate is very pleasant, the people are warm and friendly, and the patient care is truly wonderful.
There are many plastic surgeons, but the top board certified plastic surgeons are in Costa Rica. The average price for Body Contouring in the U.S. is $9,000. The same procedure in Costa Rica is $3,500.
Costa Rica is just a quick plane ride away. It is very Americanized and has some of the best medical facilities in the world.
Body Contouring
Body Contouring also known as body sculpturing is a procedure which reshapes and enhances parts of the body. One popular approach involves liposuction or ultrasonic liposuction.
Some of the best plastic surgeons in the world are located in Costa Rica. And, oh, do the people come! San Jose, Costa Rica has become a Mecca for highly skilled cosmetic and reconstructive surgeons, oral surgeons, and ophthalmologists.
People come from all over the world for the extraordinary low prices, highly skilled plastic surgeons, and state-of-the-art facilities.
The climate is very pleasant, the people are warm and friendly, and the patient care is truly wonderful.
Makeovers Costa Rica is a medical tourism company based on a new breed of companies providing cosmetic surgery for hundreds of people worldwide. We have put many long hours into improving the success of Costa Rica’s growing trend — which is, people traveling to San Jose to fulfill their cosmetic surgery wishes. We guarantee that our services will provide every comfort to help our clients feel as comfortable and relaxed as possible — one the most critical issues to having a successful, safe and satisfying plastic surgery experience.
Over the years, we have learned to perfect what we do best — provide a safe, comfortable and pleasurable plastic surgery experience. We have come to realize that careful planning is required in order to provide our clients with top quality care, comfort and professionalism. Some of the services we offer — and do best — include the following.
We often see medical tourism companies selling cosmetic surgeries to people from abroad, portraying their surgery as a “vacation” and generally leaving out the most important aspect of the trip — the surgery!
At Makeovers Costa Rica, our first concern is the well-being of our patients and their families. Although, it is possible to make a vacation out of your surgery trip, we realize your surgery comes first. Makeovers Costa Rica will be more than happy to guide you with the vacation of a lifetime; however, our primary goal is to guarantee a safe and healthy surgery and post-surgery recovery. Thus, we strongly recommend that clients clearly understand the whole experience of plastic surgery, including the three primary steps: pre-opt surgery, day of surgery, and post-surgery/recovery period.
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Flood warning issued for remainder of rainy season
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Costa Rica’s National Emergency Commission (CNE) moved 90 people from across the country to temporary shelters on Tuesday night after heavy rains and strong winds damaged homes.
The commission has issued a green alert, the lowest of the country’s three alert levels, for the entire country for the remainder of the rainy season.
On Tuesday night, rains flooded 10 houses in the Central Valley and tore the roofs off eight homes, including three in Escazú, west of San José.
Storms also flooded homes on the Nicoya Peninsula in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, Ciudad Quesada in north-central Costa Rica, and San Rafael de Corredores in the country’s Southern Zone.
The National Meteorological Institute is forecasting strong rains and electric storms through Thursday morning for the Central Valley, the Northern Zone, the Pacific coastal region and the Caribbean slope.
Under a green alert, the CNE advises citizens to be watchful of river levels and blocked sewer drains that could cause flooding. The commission also recommends that residents who live in disaster-prone areas prepare emergency kits with flashlights, clothes, battery-powered radios, medicine and food, in case a mandatory evacuation is ordered.
Costa Rica to Buy $50 Million a Month to Curb Rally
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Costa Rica’s central bank plans to buy as much as $50 million a month in the foreign-exchange market in a move that analysts say is a bid to stem a rally that’s sent the colon to a two-year high.
The colon has surged 7 percent in the past three months and touched 504.75 per dollar on Aug. 31, leaving it within 1 percent of the stronger end of the 500-to-645 band that the central bank seeks to keep the exchange rate. The colon weakened 0.4 percent to 508.27 today, its biggest slide in six weeks, after the bank said in the statement that it will buy up to $600 million in the market by December 2011.
The colon reached “a level that may have been deemed as too close for comfort by the central bank,” said Alberto Franco, a former Costa Rican central bank director who is an economist with Ecoanalisis, a financial consultant group in San Jose.
The purchases could begin as soon as today, the central bank said in a statement dated Sept. 1 on its website. The bank said the goal of the purchases is to bolster its foreign reserves.
The colon has surged 11.2 percent this year against the dollar, the second-best performance in the world after the Colombian peso, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
