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Wed, 08 Jun 2022 08:03:26 +0000
La Sele took the illusion of the whole country to Qatar
QCostTARICA – The fans threw themselves to the street to bid farewell to the National Team, La Seleccion or Sele, yelling: “let’s go, with everything” and asking it to return with a Qatar 2022 World Cup qualification. The “oeoee...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 16:50:33 +0000
Foreigner companies line up for vehicle inspection contract
QCOSTARICA – Companies from Spain, Portugal, Panama, and Mexico are lining up to get the vehicle technical inspection service contract, according to the minister of the Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT), Luis Amador. The ministe...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:40:50 +0000
Man who murdered and buried his wife in Costa Rica is sentenced in Nicaragua
QCOSTARICA – Bayardo Francisco Mercado Doña, 39, was sentenced in Nicaragua to 25 years in prison for the murder of his wife, Vilma Ramona de Jesús Ledezma Garita, 85. The crime was committed in December 2019 in the citadel, La Carpio, in Uru...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:00:18 +0000
Manual transmission cars closer to disappearing in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – There was a time in the not-to-distant past you could not take a driver’s license exam if the auto was not with a manual transmission. Less than two decades later, Cars with manual transmissions are closer to disappearing in ...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 11:37:02 +0000
Toll rates on ruta 27 increase from today, June 7
QCOSTARICA – Today, Tuesday, June 7, the tolls on the ruta 27 (San Jose – Caldera) will increase in price as communicated by Ruta 27 (formerly Globalvia), the concessionaire and administrator of the collection stations. The adjustment tak...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:03:18 +0000
Dollar exchange drops ¢10 colones
QCOSTARICA – The “yo-yo” dollar exchange took a nosedive in the last several days, falling ¢10 colones at commercial banks following last week’s massive intervention by the Banco Central (Central Bank). This Tuesday, the refe...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:51:14 +0000
President and Alajuela legislators come together to ‘end’ the wait for the road to San Carlos
The Central government and the majority of the legislators of the province of Alajuela on Monday expressed their support for the completion of the road from Naranjo to San Carlos, a project that has been waiting for more than five decades. Since 1986...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:34:40 +0000
Vehicle theft increases in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) reported 1,587 complaints of vehicle thefts in the first five months of this year, that number is higher than the 1,300 recorded in the same period of 2021. According to the Vehicle Th...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:07:07 +0000
Top 5 Celebrities That Enjoy Gambling
Betting has long been one of the most favourite activities on the planet. It is a multigenerational, cultural, and ethnic activity. There is some form of gambling activity taking on in every niche and corner of the earth. It’s just one thing th...

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:40:59 +0000
Ochomogo speed bumps removed
QCOSTARICA – If this had been anywhere else, the head or heads of those responsible for ordering the installation of speed bumps on a heavily trafficked major road – one of the three in and out of the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) ̵...



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