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The first was a drunken canadien took a header off a bridge into the rio claro in barrio amom.

But yesterday morning there were two items of interest that I want to pass along. The first was a drunken canadien took a header off a bridge into the rio claro in barrio amom. Phucked him up real good. The second was a naked 25 year old north american who was running around naked, I mean buck assed naked in la aruca. He was taunting people on busses and trying to clean peoples wind shields. Of course he was arrested and hauled off to jail

Five months pregnant, Alva Vargas Valdelomar, threw herself down a 20 metre (65 foot) ravine in a suicide attempt, as Cruz Roja (Red Cross) personnel faught with the woman to rescue her. Ecomonic desperation - her husband out of work and not able to feed her other five Ch*ldren - led the 31 year old woman to her decision to end it all, throwing herself down the ravine in Pavas. The woman was in stable condition in hospital last night [Foto: Iván Meza Kawas/Diario Extra]

I wonder what was worse for the Canadian, the impact of the fall, or being immersed in the polluted water? If this is the same river that runs to the rear of the zoo, it's filthy.

I often wish that some of the do-good, eco-people from the north who engage in campaigns to save the turtles, etc., etc., etc., would start some sort of clean up and educational programs to clean up the environment there. I cringe everytime I see someone blatantly throwing trash on the ground. I've even insisted to some chica friends that they not litter and to also correct their bebes when they do it. It has to start somewhere.

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Giant Central Valley sewer project gets favorable loan

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff


The government of Japan has decided to provide money for a project that will improve the water lines and sewers in the San José metropolitan area.

The country has agreed to loan $127.2 million, according to Yoshihiko Sumi, the Japanese ambassador who appeared at a press conference Thursday.

The loan is at a 1.2 percent annual interest rate by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation for 25 years and with a seven-year grace period on repayment.
The project, which is supposed to be finished in 2025 carries a $450 million price tag. The project is significant because for the first time Central Valley sewaage will go to a treatment plant instead of being dumped into tributaries of the Río Tarcoles to be washed into the Pacific.

The project is under the jurisdiction of the Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, the government sewer and water company.

Japan initially said it would back the project, but there were delays while officials discussed accounting responsibilities.