QCOSTARICA – For today, Sunday, August 1, vehicles with ODD ending license plates (1, 3, 5, 7, & 9) CANNOT circulate. Also, if you are driving with an exemption letter, a reminder that you will need a new letter starting today, August 1. Th...

QCOSTARICA – Costa Ricans can now enter the Netherlands carrying a vaccination certificate (complete scheme) or a negative result of a detection test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus (antigens or PCR) as of this July 30, and they will not have to manda...

QCOSTARICA – The Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) revised production growth upwards and now expects it to increase 3.9% in 2021, which is one percentage point more than its forecast in April (2.9% ). This was reported on Friday, July 30, by Ro...

Paris. People who have not been vaccinated against covid-19 represent around 85% of hospitalized patients in France, including intensive care, and 78% of deaths from the virus, according to a study published this Friday. Between May 31 and July 11, u...

QCOSTARICA – Costa Rican athlete Andrea Vargas finished this Friday in first place with a time of 12.71 in the 100-meter hurdles event and advanced to the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics. Upon hearing the starting shot, Andrea Vargas Mena came...

Q24N – Havana. Cuba this week registered record numbers of infections and deaths from covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, amid “major challenges” economic and health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wed...

QCOSTARICA – It is the weekend and we’re back to the odds and evens. For today, Saturday, July 31, vehicles with EVEN ending license plates (O, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 8) CANNOT circulate. Also, if you are driving with an exemption letter, a rem...

QCOSTARICA – The driver of a vehicle died on Thursday afternoon when he was buried by a landslide on Route 10, in Pavones de Turrialba.   The driver, identified as Héctor Lezama Malave, 69 years of age, a local well known hotel operator, ...

QCOSTARICA – On Thursday, July 29, Costa Rica received 482,610 doses of vaccines against covid-19, the product of two deliveries. The first in the early morning hours, when 163,200 doses of AstraZeneca / Oxford arrived, the second at the night,...

QCOSTARICA – The community of Tambor in Cureña de Sarapiquí remains under water due to the heavy rains that caused flooding in the past week. Residents say they have been hungry due to little government aid and the inability to access drinkin...