QCOSTARICA – Despite the arrival of the vaccine against Covid-19 in Costa Rica, 2021 will be like “an extension of 2020”, according to Juan José Romero, coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Epidemiology at the Universidad Nacional (...

Condé Nast Traveler – In August 2020, in the middle of lockdown, Costa Rica announced its 30th national park. The former prison island of San Lucas, off Puntarenas on the Pacific coast, is a haven for howler monkeys, bats, spiders, snakes, dee...

Q TRAVEL – JetBlue, the New York-based carrier, known for making flying in economy actually enjoyable, again, took a step forward in aviation with the premiere of its Airbus A220-300s, that is loaded with perks for budget fliers. Condé Nast Tr...

QCOSTARICA – The American drugmaker, Pfizer, said in a statement on Friday that reduced deliveries were a temporary issue, affected by changes to its manufacturing processes designed to boost production. For the latter part of this month and ea...

QCOSTARICA – Did you notice that lately your local pulperia, supermarket, big box store and every other place you use your plastic that you weren’t given the voucher? Or the cashier offering the card reader instead of taking your car? And...

QCOSTARICA – The indirect effect of cold push No. 11 will mean the return of strong gusts this weekend in most of the country. Conditions will be less rainy in the Pacific, but there will be a slight increase in rainfall in the Caribbean. The C...

QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica’s oldest, among some of the oldest in the world, got vaccinated against Covid-19 on Friday, January 15. They are Rainery Fonseca Gutiérrez, 106; Cristóbal Muñoz Villalobos, 103; and María González González, 1...

RICO’S DIGEST – It’s been almost a year since the first case was reported last March, we’ve been battling covid-19 in Costa Rica. And although I’ve survived covid, up to now, by not getting infected, many more haven̵...

QCOSTARICA – The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) reports it has applied 24,859 doses during the first three weeks of vaccination against covid-19 throughout the country. In a press release this Friday morning, January 15, the Caja sa...

Businesses that outsource services must collect the VAT (Value Added Tax) from their clients on the total amount of the service and not only on the commission, as had been understood until now. This was indicated by Costa Rica’s General Directo...