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Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:36:40 +0000
September 15 holiday moves to Monday 13th
QCOSTARICA – As a result of the modification to article 148 of the Labor Code, the September 15 holiday (Independence Day) is moved to Monday, September 13. For travelers through land borders, important to note the hours of operation of border ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:31:18 +0000
Zara Rutherford makes stopover in Costa Rica on her flight around the world
QCOSTARICA – The Tobías Bolaños airport, in Pavas, received this Tuesday the 19-year-old Belgian pilot, Zara Rutherford, a young woman who is about to become the youngest woman to go around the world alone in an ultralight plane. San José, C...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:10:42 +0000
Guanacaste airport adds third month with passenger traffic similar to the prepandemic
QCOSTARICA – Total passenger traffic through the Guanacaste Airport, in Liberia, remained at levels similar to the pre-pandemic during the last three months (June, July and August), with a greater arrival of Americans. This behavior augurs a go...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:56:30 +0000
Mu variant of coronavirus: what we know about this mutation present in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – All viruses change over time. SARS-CoV-2 has already mutated thousands of times in just under two years. The vast majority of these changes or mutations in genes are insignificant for the management of the pandemic. However, there ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:41:47 +0000
Private hospitals reiterate offer to the CCSS offer to take on non-covid cases
QCOSTARICA – Private medical centers reiterated this week their willingness to support the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) in the care of non-covid-19 patients, offering relief to tthe saturated public hospital system. The aid is to ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:19:44 +0000
50 years ago: New Pavas airport convinces Don Pepe
TODAY COSTA RICA –  The Pavas airport – Aeropuerto Internacional Tobías Bolaños (SYQ) is one of four international airports in Costa Rica, and the secondary airport serving the city of San José, after Juan Santamaría International Ai...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:00:29 +0000
Will it be possible to travel from Barranca to Liberia in less than two hours?
QCOSTARICA – Driving to and from Barranca, Puntarenas to Liberia, Guanacaste, at the legal speed limit, in less than two hours is a dream of the tens of thousands who drive daily this stretch of the Interamericana or Ruta 1. That dream could so...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:14:56 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction September 8: Plates ending in “5 & 6” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Wednesday, September 8, vehicles with plates ending in 5 & 6 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 ...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:22:15 +0000
Marfil and Los Ajenos sing “Welcome to Costa Rica” to celebrate the bicentennial
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...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:13:49 +0000
First week of September becomes the second with the highest number of COVID-19 cases
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...



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