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Sat, 03 Dec 2022 12:35:58 +0000
How to Choose Hotel for Your Next Trip
Choosing the right hotel isn’t a piece of cake, especially if you’re planning your trip with your family. As you know, a hotel is a temporary home, and you want home-like facilities and comfort. If you don’t choose the hotel carefully, you will...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 12:18:16 +0000
Sansa resumes flights between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
QCOSTARICA – As of December 16, the Costa Rican airline Sansa will offer flights between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. With the route between San José – Managua, Sansa will use a Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft for 12 passengers, making three ...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 12:00:43 +0000
Nicaragua continues their nationwide crackdown on journalists, opposition politicians, and civil society groups
RICO’s DIGEST – Earlier this year I was prohibited entry into Nicaragua. Though the motives were unclear, the majority of the hour-long discussion with the immigration official centered around my work as the publisher of Qcostarica.com an...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 11:24:43 +0000
16 Costa Rican girls are ready to travel to the NASA Space Center
QCOSTARICA – The 16 girls selected by the “SHE IS” Association reached the semifinal phase of the “ELLA ES ASTRONAUTA” (She Is Astronaut) program, where they will live a unique and incomparable experience during immersion at the...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 11:07:55 +0000
Monthly fuel prices adjustment delayed
QCOSTARICA – The regulating authority, Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP), reported Friday that the process of the monthly adjustment in fuel prices is delayed, this after the Costa Rica refinery that refines nothing, Refi...

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:10:19 +0000
Costa Rica modified regulations for refugee applications
QCOSTARICA – By way of two decrees, the Costa Rican government modified the regulations for refugee applications, in order to avoid abuses by migrants. The first decree establishes that migrants will have a period of up to one year from the ent...

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:01:39 +0000
Are CBD Gummies Better to Take Than CBD Oil?
These days, two types of CBD products have become more popular than any others: CBD gummies and CBD tinctures (also known as CBD oil). What, exactly, are CBD gummies and tinctures, and why have they rushed to the head of the pack when it comes to con...

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 11:43:22 +0000
Sala IV ruling: Employers can ban ‘extravagant’ hair dyes
QCOSTARICA (La Nacion) A woman filed an appeal with Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court or Sala IV as it is commonly known, alleging a violation of her rights because the Labor Code prohibits hair dyes with “extravagant colors”, such as fiery...

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 11:27:12 +0000
RTV extensions will run from when Dekra opens all the stations
QCOSTARICA -The Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) and the Consejo de Seguridad Vial (COSEVI) clarified that the extensions for vehicles for the vehicular inspection (RTV) will begin to apply only when DEKRA opens all 13 stations. To d...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:37:01 +0000
It’s December, the ‘Aguinaldo’ month!
QCOSTARICA – A thirteenth salary, or end-of-year bonus, in Costa Rica called the “Aguinaldo”, is an extra payment given to employees in December. The amount of the payment depends on a number of factors, it usually matches an employ...



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