QCOSTARICA – Good news if your plans to travel and can wait a couple of months, with the announcement of a new ultra-low-cost airline starting operations in Costa Rica in October. Arajet will offer connections from Costa Rica to destinations in...

QCOSTARICA – The Pavas Health Area asked the residents of the area to take extreme sanitary measures after the dengue outbreaks in two locations. Health authorities detected an increase in cases of Dengue in the Finca San Juan and Lomas communi...

QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Health reported 34 people lost their lives in the last week due to Covid-19, for an average of five deaths per day.   During the week of July 24-30, the country registered 13,310 new cases of Covid-19, 2,700 co...

QCOSTARICA – This is a strong blow for Casa Presidencial and curiously it comes from its best in the government, Álvaro Ramos and Roberto Cervantes, president and manager of the CCSS, respectively. La Nacion reports that the Caja Costarricense...

QCOSTARICA – The Fiscalía Adjunta del I Circuito Judicial de San José (Deputy Prosecutor’s Office of the 1st Judicial Circuit of San José) received a complaint against the former Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, the former president o...

QCOSTARICA – Last month, July, closed with 44 deaths on the road, this being the highest figure in the last 28 years. June also reported a high number of deaths, for a total of 41 fatalities. These are deaths at the scene and do not include fig...

QCOSTARICA – At the stroke of midnight tonight, at gasoline stations across the country fuels will be more expensive. The increase will be especially strong for diesel users, a liter going from ¢873 to ¢1,004 for a rise of ¢131. Meanwhile, r...

QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica reached a target vaccination coverage against Covid-19 in first doses, reaching almost 93%, while, in second doses it is 87%, thirds 51%, and 10% to fourth, according to the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS). Nu...

QCOSTARICA – Consumers may soon get some relief from the rising prices of food, following the signing of two executive decrees on Wednesday that would see the price of rice fall. One of the decrees signed by President Rodrigo Chaves, the Minist...

Extreme weather and climate phenomena, including heat waves, cyclones, and floods, are manifestations of climate variability. These occurrences and occurrences influenced by climate change, such as wildfires, continue to significantly increase human ...