QCOSTARICA – In the past few weeks, the dollar exchange decreased by ¢35 colones, from ¢675.02 for the sell on August 1 to ¢639.28 on Wednesday, August 26.  The buy went from ¢667.61 to ¢633.09, respectively. On June 23, the reference rat...

QCOSTARICA – BAC Credomatic customers are being targeted with a new scam attempt using a false message that alerts about an alleged blocking of accounts due to a login from an unusual location, the private bank reported. The scam method is a me...

QCOSTARICA – Ferias del agricultor (farmers’ fairs) and carnicerías (butcher shops) offer products that are up to 78% cheaper than in supermarkets, according to a study by the National Production Counci (CNP)l, the Ministry of Agricultur...

QCOSTARICA – The ¢10,000 bills printed on cotton paper will go out of circulation as of October 1, giving way to the new polymer bill already in circulation, the Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) – Central Bank – announced on Thur...

Q24N (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Health (Minsa) of Panama confirmed the registration of the eighth case of monkeypox, a 25-year-old man. According to a report from the Department of Epidemiology of the Minsa, the patient began symptoms on August ...

QCOSTARICA – For epidemiological week 33, which runs from August 14 to 20, the Health Surveillance Directorate reports a total of 8,891 cases of COVID-19, which represents a decrease of 1,781 cases compared to epidemiological week 32. With resp...

QCOSTARICA – Nine out of ten companies do not plan to lay off staff in the remainder of the year, according to the most recent “Pulso Empresarial” (Business Pulse) 2022 survey, carried out by the Unión Costarricense de Cámaras y Asociacio...

QCOSTARICA – Looking for work? Amazon may have a job for you, as they look to fill some 3,000 positions in different areas of their business. To achieve the goal, the company will be holding a job fair this Saturday, August 27, from 9:00 am to ...

QCOSTARICA – This year Costa Rica will celebrate a new holiday, August 31, “Día de la persona Negra” (Day of the Black Person and Afro-Costa Rican Culture), which was approved last year in Congress. The Ministerio de Trabajo y Segu...

TODAY COSTA RICA – A comment that we see very often on social networks is that the San Jose airport – the Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) – not located in the city or province of San Jose but in fact in Alajuela (the ci...