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Sun, 08 Aug 2021 06:05:10 +0000Today’s Vehicle Restriction August 8: “EVEN” ending plates CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Sunday, August 8, vehicles with “EVEN” (0, 2, 4, 6, & 8) ending license plates CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known e...
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 14:43:53 +0000Chuck E. Cheese’s announced expansion Costa Rica with an investment close to US$5 million
QCOSTARICA – The pizza and entertainment chain Chuck E. Cheese’s announced the opening of two new restaurants in Costa Rica in the medium term. Adriana Álvarez, executive vice president of Chuck E. Cheese’s Costa Rica, said that the first ...
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 13:58:47 +0000Canada will approve a study visa for Costa Ricans in just 20 days
QCOSTARICA – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), will accelerate Canadian study permit applications from seven additional countries in the Student Direct Stream (SDS), the latest move in a series of measures to boost Canadian h...
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 13:40:58 +0000Miss Earth Limón 2021 will crown her queen this Saturday
Q FARANDULA -The people of Limon will forget for a while the effects caused by the rains of the last few days to support their favorite participant in the Miss Earth Limón 2021 beauty pageant. This Saturday it will be known who will be the winners o...
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:30:33 +0000Covid-19 contagion rate rises: 100 people would infect 103
QCOSTARICA – The contagion rate of covid-19 in Costa Rica registers high levels for the first time since mid-May, after an 11-week decline in the rate of infections. The weekly report of the Universidad Hispanoamericana (UH) indicates that this...
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:21:17 +0000Three-month-old baby and four-year-old boy die of Covid-19
QCOSTARICA – A three-month-old baby and a four-year-old died in the first days of August from causes related to covid-19. The information was confirmed by the medical director of the Hospital Nacional de Niños (National Children’s Hospit...
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:08:29 +0000Italy asks to release Jacó hotel owner who was linked to Calabrian mafia
QCOSTARICA – The Quepos Criminal Court ordered Friday afternoon the immediate release and lifting of the house arrest with electronic monitoring of the Italian citizen Franco D’Agapiti, 75, who is detained in Costa Rica for supposedly being a...
Sat, 07 Aug 2021 06:05:01 +0000Today’s Vehicle Restriction August 7: “ODD” ending plates CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Saturday, August 7, vehicles with “ODD” (1, 3, 5, 7, & 9) ending license plates CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known ...
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 21:00:49 +0000Vehicle restriction will begin at 10 pm as of August 9
QCOSTARICA – Staring Monday, August 9 and for the entire month of August, the vehicle restriction will take effect at 10 pm, that is, one hour later than what had been applied in recent months. Restaurants, bars and other businesses will be abl...
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:35:26 +0000Are we in Costa Rica facing a new wave of covid-19 infections?
QCOSTARICA – Are we in Costa Rica facing a new wave of covid-19 infections? Could be, says Juan José Romero, epidemiologist from the Universidad Nacional (UNA) – National University of Costa rica The small decrease in cases in the last w...