QCOSTARICA – The fifth batch of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine arrived in Costa Rica Tuesday night, January 19. The 16,575 doses landed at 9 pm on a DHL Aero Express flight, totaling 104,325 doses since the first batch arrived on December 23. The ...

QCOSTARICA – More than 20 researchers from Costa Rica’s public universities have been working on a saliva test with which to more quickly diagnose whether a person has covid-19 or not. Scientists expect to have the first prototype complet...

QCOSTARICA – The Legislative Assembly approved Tuesday afternoon the first extraordinary budget for the fiscal year of 2021, which ensures ¢40.5 billion colones for the purchase of vaccines against covid-19. The endorsement, in the first debat...

QCOSTARICA – This week millions will watch the transfer of powers in the United States with one question on their minds: What to do about the violent Trumpists who will remain active after Trump leaves the White House? The irony is that in Cost...

QCOSTARICA – The Minister of Tourism, Gustavo Seguro, announced this Tuesday afternoon an agreement for private laboratories to help in conducting covid-19 tests for travelers bound for the United States, Canada, Spain, the United Kingdom and o...

QCOSTARICA – José Uriel de los Ángeles Delgado Corrales, known affectionately as “Chepito”, at 120 and the oldest Costa Rican, received the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday. Chepito was the first resident of the Pieda...

QCOSTARICA – Road construction, more to the point, delivery of finish projects, has been a low point for Costa Rica’s Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) – Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Major projects around ...

QCOSTARICA – It might seem unbelievable to most, but let us assure you, this is all in a day’s work for the crews in charge of street markings across the country: potholes or not, the demarcations must be made. For this, a group of reside...

QCOSTARICA – A young man survived after jumping on his bicycle from the roof of an ice cream parlor and suffering a severe blow to the head Monday afternoon in Playa Jacó, Puntarenas. He is Álvaro Esquivel, a 22-year-old athlete who is dedica...

Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica Photo by Silivan Munguarakarama via Unsplash.