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Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:05:12 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction September 17: Plates ending in “9 & 0” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Friday, September 17, vehicles with plates ending in 9 & 0 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...

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 01:12:01 +0000
Italy to bring in vaccine passes for entire workforce
ROME — Italy is to require the country’s entire workforce to show a health passport or face suspension from work. The measure, due to come into force on October 15, is a first for Europe and some of the strictest in the world. Italy’s 23 mi...

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 01:03:19 +0000
Number of minors victims of the pandemic in Costa Rica reaches 19
QCOSTARICA – A baby of one month and 20 days died this Wednesday at the Hospital Nacional de Niños (HNN) – National Children’s Hospital – as a result of the complications of covid-19. He became the 19th minor fatality from th...

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:54:05 +0000
CCSS activates ‘vacunatón’ against covid-19
QCOSTARICA – Starting this Friday, and for 10 days, the health areas and hospitals of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), throughout the country, will apply the first doses of the vaccine against covid-19 in extended hours. All vacc...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:38:10 +0000
MOPT eliminates driver re-education for points accumulated in license for violating vehicle restriction
QCOSTARICA – Drivers who were sanctioned for violating the health vehicle restriction last year no longer accumulate points on their license. This measure applies to drivers sanctioned before November 20, 2020, since as of that date the accumul...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:13:47 +0000
Costa Rica celebrated its 200th!
QCOSTARICA  – The 200 years of the Independence of Costa Rica was celebrated in style on the night of this September 15. A drone light show, fireworks, and a lot of magic took place in the National Stadium in La Sabana on Wednesday night. The ...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:03:44 +0000
Whirlwind unroofed houses, uprooted trees and left towns near the Los Angeles basilica without power
QCOSTARICA – Three people required a trip to the hospital with injuries, as well as at least six houses were unroofed, trees uprooted and damaged cars caused by the whirlwind that shortly before 5 pm that affected the neighborhood of Los Angele...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:58:04 +0000
Legislator Melvin Núñez, who rejected the vaccine, hospitalized
QCOSTARICA – Restauración Nacional party legislator, Melvin Núñez, who vehemently rejected being vaccinated for Covid-19, is hospitalized in Puntarenas. The legislator refused to vaccinate against the COVID-19, questioning the effectiveness ...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:43:17 +0000
Electronic payment in tolls on Ruta 1 will not be automatic
QCOSTARICA – Electronic payment in toll stations located in Río Segundo and Naranjo on the Ruta 1 will not be automatic, but will involve human manipulation. For months drivers have been anxiously expecting improvements to the two toll station...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:27:56 +0000
Half of tax collected in marchamos and fuels would not reach roads
QCOSTARICA – It is reasonable to believe the major part, if not all, of the tax in the road circulation permit, the Marchamo, and unique tax on fuels collected by the government would go toward improving and maintaining roads infrastructure. Ho...



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