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Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:08:30 +0000
San Jose airport makes changes for picking up arriving passengers
QCOSTARICA – Picking up family or friends at the San Jose airport? If so, take note of the changes effective today, Monday, February 1, 2021, in the arrivals area of the terminal. For those who have visited the airport recently will have notice...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:36:45 +0000
Fuels will change color
HQ – If you hadn’t noticed, the fuels you put into your vehicle’s gas tank have distinctive colors. And starting today,  Monday, and according to the new Central American technical regulations (RTCA) that establish the characterist...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:27:01 +0000
Global income will hit the lowest wage scales the most
Global income will involve more people taxed and at higher rates, according to experts

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:22:41 +0000
Costa Rica maintains its land borders closed to tourists until March 1
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica will maintain its land borders closed to the entry of tourists until March 1, 2021. This means that only Costa Ricans or foreigners who have a legal stay authorized under the immigration categories of permanent, temporar...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:47:24 +0000
Private laboratories can only carry out PCR tests as the wait on supplies for the antigen test
QCOSTARICA – Despite the announcement last Friday by the Ministry of Health authorizing ten private laboratories to perform the antigen test to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes covid-19, they can only perform the PCR test. For now, tho...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:33:46 +0000
New commuter trains hit the tracks (Photos)
QCOSTARICA – If you are not, for some unknown reason, unaware that Costa Rica will some spiffy new trains on the tracks come April, a taste was had this Monday when they left the railyard for carrying out tests on the actual tracks around the G...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:08:06 +0000
11,838 people have already received the two doses of the covid-19 vaccine in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – In Costa Rica, 11,838 people already have the complete vaccination scheme against covid-19, after having received the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. A week ago, the data provided by the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:58:18 +0000
Spanish family trapped in Costa Rica returns to their camper and says goodbye
QCOSTARICA – A Lego that shapes a spaceship, another a ship, and one more a fire truck, is the last thing Tao, Dhara and Eric packed, respectively. None of the three children – seven, six, and 3 – wanted to keep the gifts that the S...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:18:25 +0000
Panama opens its land borders to tourists
QCOSTARICA – Panama’s immigration service announced the reopening of land borders, for the entry and exit of Panamanians, residents, and foreigners, under strict sanitary measures. Executive Decree No. 61, of January 8, 2021, establishes ...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 10:40:38 +0000
People without Caja do have options to get vaccinated against covid-19
QCOSTARICA – Costa Ricans and residents over 58 who are not with the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) or Caja will be able to receive the covid-19 vaccine, starting in mid-February, when the next batch of doses arrives. The National C...



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