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Sun, 06 Jun 2021 06:01:45 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction: June 6, “ODDS”
Today, Sunday, June 6, only ODDS can circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. Please note that this week odds allowed to drive on odd calendar days and evens drive o...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 13:08:49 +0000
Truck without brakes causes triple crash kills four
QCOSTARICA – A truck loaded with wood, lost its braking power, rolled down a slope for almost a kilometer, dragging in its path an SUV, and coming to a stop when it hit a beer truck, this Friday morning, killing four people. The crash occurred ...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 12:50:49 +0000
Government promises to speed up vaccination against covid-19
QCOSTARICA – A total of 700,000 doses against covid-19 were applied across the country in May. A month earlier, health centers had applied 565,000 doses. For the Minister of Communication, Agustín Castro, these figures show that the speed of t...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 12:34:17 +0000
UK adds seven countries to travel “red list”, including Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Britain added seven countries, including Costa Rica, to its “red list” of destinations that require hotel quarantine on return to England on Thursday, in a review that also saw Portugal move from “green” to ...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 06:06:28 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction: June 5, “EVENS”
Today, Saturdday, June 5, only EVENS can circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. Please note that this week odds allowed to drive on odd calendar days and evens dri...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 22:43:29 +0000
Know the new vehicular restrictions starting Monday. And why.
QCOSTARICA – On Friday, the government announced the vehicle restrictions for the coming weeks, starting Monday, June 7 and to July 11. At first glance they seen to be all screwed up, what were they thinking? But at a closer look, they make som...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 10:57:46 +0000
Journalist Natalia Suárez hit machismo hard with her facial expressions
QMAGAZINE – Machismo in Costa Rica is alive and well. But television news anchor and journalist Natalia Suárez would have none of it on her news segment, “Café Política”, while interviewing Claudio Alpizar, a candidate seeking the nomina...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 10:16:14 +0000
Unemployment keeps going down little by little
QCOSTARICA – Unemployment in Costa Rica is going down little by little, reported the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) – the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses  – on Thursday, June 3. Between February an...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:57:59 +0000
“Salas de Masaje” served as a front for offering sexual services
QCOSTARICA – A massage parlor located in the Catedral district, in downtown San José, served as a front for the offering of sexual services, reported the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ), following a raid Thursday afternoon. The owne...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:40:13 +0000
Costa Rica exceeds goal of arrival of vaccines for June
QCOSTARICA – The projections of having more than 2.2 million doses by the end of June were Thursday tonight with the arrival of 79,560 doses to the country. As Costa Rica today has received2,228,085 doses. “This figure represents hope and...



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