QCOSTARICA – The celebration of 200 years of independence is approaching and what better way to celebrate than with good music and remembering our history. Two of the most important groups in the country, such as Los Ajenos and Marfil, came tog...

QCOSTARICA – Epidemiological week 35, which ran from August 29 to September 4, registered 16,601 cases of COVID-19, with an average of 2,371 daily, ranking as the second with the highest accumulation of cases since May, when epidemiological wee...

QCOSTARICA – For today, Tuesday, September 7, vehicles with plates ending in 3 & 4 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. From 10:00 pm to 5:00 a...

QCOSTARICA – For Sunday’s game to see Costa Rica’s national team, “La Sele” live, in person, in the National Stadium, went for ¢95,000 colones a head. For Wednesday’s game, September 8, the Federación Costarricen...

Q24N – El Salvador will, on Tuesday, September 7, become the first country in the world to recognize bitcoin as a legal currency, amid strong skepticism and warnings from economists and international financial organizations. The government of N...

QCOSTARICA – The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) is continuing its advanced second dose vaccination this week to people between 30 and 57 years of age. This second week of advanced vaccination is for those who were scheduled to recei...

QCOSTARICA – Avianca announced that, as of December 1, it will resume the daily flight between San José, Costa Rica, and Panama City, Panama. Likewise, the airline explained in a press release that the new routes to New York and Los Angeles, a...

Q24N – Health ministers from the world’s 20 major economies met for two days in Rome to discuss coordinating strategies moving forward in tackling the coronavirus pandemic. What happened during the meeting? After the meeting, Italian Heal...

QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica’s national team, ‘La Seleccion’ or ‘Sele’, lost against Mexico 1-0 at the jewel of La Sabana, in a match that marked the return of fans to the stands in the country. Without showing their be...

RICO’s DIGEST – This Monday, the incompetent and inefficient railway service, the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer), began accepting plastic (debit or credit card) for payment of fares. A “lo tico, mae” –...