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Tue, 20 Jul 2021 06:01:03 +0000Today’s Vehicle Restriction July 20: plates 3 & 4 CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – Today, Tuesday, July 20, the two plates not circulating. For today, license plates ending in 3 & 4 cannot circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exempt...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:59:34 +0000
CCSS will walk-in vaccinations for people 30 years of age and older, with or without risk factors
QCOSTARICA – Given the reduction in the influx of people aged 40 to 57, the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) authorized health centers to vaccinate against covid-19 those 30 years of age or older, with or without risk factors. The ann...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:41:32 +0000
Millions did not keep owners of MECO and H Solis out of jail for long
QCOSTARICA – Carlos Cerdas Araya and Mélida Solís Vargas, owners of the construction companies MECO and H Solís, had their bail annulled and imposed to four months of preventive detention after the Tribunal Penal de Hacienda (Criminal Court ...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:27:06 +0000
San José air pollution decreases in health crisis
QCOSTARICA – Among the many anguishes that the pandemic has brought, there is encouraging news. The quality of the air breathed by residents, workers and visitors to downtown San José, has improved with the obligatory measures due to the healt...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:08:29 +0000
A single dose of the vaccine is insufficient to return to normality
QCOSTARICA -Since Friday, July 16, Costa Rica has been under a massive vaccination campaign against Covid-19, when the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) embarked on an intensive mission: vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people against COVI...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:38:49 +0000
Today 50 years ago: Costa Rica began to deal with organized banditry
QCOSTARICA – Believe it not, it wasn’t until some 50 years ago that Costa Rica had a ‘banditry” problem, that doesn’t mean there was no crime in the country at the time, just it wasn’t organized. The following is f...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:12:56 +0000
Falon Vargas, the Tica who shines in Italy’s bodybuilding
Q MAGAZINE – The life of a young Costa Rican was radically changed by love. Yes, her love led her to Italy, to get married, to start a family, to be a businesswoman and, furthermore, to become the Italian Bodybuilding champion in the women̵...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 09:44:21 +0000
Colombian narcos tried to smuggle 4.3 tons of cocaine into Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Some Colombian narcos (drug traffickers) tried to smuggle 4.3 tons of cocaine into Costa Rica this weekend; however, confidential information allowed the authorities to seize this important drug shipment. According to the Policía ...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:03:53 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction July 19: plates 1 & 2 CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – We are back today, Munday, July 19, and for this week, to the two plates not circulating. For today, license plates ending in 1 & 2 cannot circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for ...
Sun, 18 Jul 2021 06:09:34 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction July 18: ODD ending plates CANNOT circulate
Today, Sunday, July 18, ODD ending plates 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. The following is the official program on the restriction...