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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 06:01:37 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction August 25: Plates ending in “5 & 6” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Wednesday, August 25, vehicles with plates ending in 5 & 6 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. From 10:00 pm to 5:00 a...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:07:35 +0000
Sele will play to a full hotel!
QCOSTARICA – On Sunday, September 5, La Sele, Costa Rica’s national soccer team will play against Mexico in the qualifying round towards Qatar 2022. Due to the pandemic, entrances to the Estadio Nacional (National Stadium)for the event in...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:42:40 +0000
Families of Femicide Victims Unite to Call for Stronger Sentences
QCOSTARICA – Relatives of victims of femicide demonstrated in front of the San José Courts of Justice building, with banners and white T-shirts with photos of their loved ones, to demand stronger sentences against those who commit the horrendo...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:11:28 +0000
At least 160 people affected after floods in Jacó
QCOSTARICA – At least 160 people were affected by floods in Playa Jacó, the majority from the precario Copey and 50 more from a shopping center when the heavy rains Monday night turned the downtown streets into rivers. Some homes and businesse...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:01:08 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction August 24: Plates ending in “3 & 4” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Tuesday, August 24, vehicles with plates ending in 3 & 4 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. From 10:00 pm to 5:00 am ...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:34:19 +0000
United States Grants Full Approval for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 Vaccine
RICO’s COVID DIGEST – The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this Monday, August 23, granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for people 16 and older. This is the first to move beyond emergency use s...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:49:43 +0000
‘It was not the time to change restrictions’ in the face of covid-19
QCOSTARICA – Juan José Romero Zúñiga is an epidemiologist at the Universidad Nacional (UNA) – National University (UNA) – and one of the most media specialists in this pandemic. His reading of the data and the evolution of covid-...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:30:32 +0000
Half the deaths on the road are of motorcyclists
QCOSTARICA – Half of the victims in traffic accidents are motorcyclists and the percentage of the total fatalities on the road has been increasing in the last decade. Since January 1 of this year and until August 16, the Policia de Transito (Tr...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:59:05 +0000
Heavy rains due to tropical wave affected 24 cantons
QCOSTARICA – Tropical wave No. 26 Saturday afternoon and night affected 24 cantons, resulting in the Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) – National Emergency Commission – having to attend 66 incidents, including a temporary shel...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 06:03:19 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction August 23: Plates ending in “1 & 2” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Monday, August 23, vehicles with plates ending in 1 & 2 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. From 10:00 pm to 5:00 am A...



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