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Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:16:08 +0000
A wet Monday is in store
QCOSTARICA – Have your umbrella at the ready this Monday as Tropical Wave #25 does its thing throughout most of the country. By Tuesday the conditions are expected to be drier. That is the forecast by the national weather service, the Instituto...

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:06:40 +0000
This week will be key to defining the future of RTV
QCOSTARICA – One of the first tasks that the leaders of the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) – Ministry of Public Works and Transportation – will have this Monday is to start with the analysis of the eleven offers ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:41:36 +0000
Central Bank former president sees it unlikely that Costa Rica will fall into recession
QCOSTARICA – The possibility that the country falls into an economic recession during 2022 and 2023 is unlikely, assured Rodrigo Cubero, former president of the Banco Central de Costa Rica) –  Central Bank, who participated as a panelist...

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 13:08:02 +0000
New ultra-low-cost airline will start operations in Costa Rica in October
QCOSTARICA – Good news if your plans to travel and can wait a couple of months, with the announcement of a new ultra-low-cost airline starting operations in Costa Rica in October. Arajet will offer connections from Costa Rica to destinations in...

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 12:52:37 +0000
Pavas Health Area warns of dengue outbreaks in two communities
QCOSTARICA – The Pavas Health Area asked the residents of the area to take extreme sanitary measures after the dengue outbreaks in two locations. Health authorities detected an increase in cases of Dengue in the Finca San Juan and Lomas communi...

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 12:38:29 +0000
34 people died in the last week due to Covid-19
QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Health reported 34 people lost their lives in the last week due to Covid-19, for an average of five deaths per day.   During the week of July 24-30, the country registered 13,310 new cases of Covid-19, 2,700 co...

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 12:28:27 +0000
Government decree on vaccination is ineffective, concludes the Caja
QCOSTARICA – This is a strong blow for Casa Presidencial and curiously it comes from its best in the government, Álvaro Ramos and Roberto Cervantes, president and manager of the CCSS, respectively. La Nacion reports that the Caja Costarricense...

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:16:54 +0000
Daniel Salas, Román Macaya and members of the vaccine commission denounced criminally
QCOSTARICA – The Fiscalía Adjunta del I Circuito Judicial de San José (Deputy Prosecutor’s Office of the 1st Judicial Circuit of San José) received a complaint against the former Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, the former president o...

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:46:34 +0000
July 2022 the month with the most road deaths in the last 28 years
QCOSTARICA – Last month, July, closed with 44 deaths on the road, this being the highest figure in the last 28 years. June also reported a high number of deaths, for a total of 41 fatalities. These are deaths at the scene and do not include fig...

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 22:46:39 +0000
Mega-increase in fuels will take effect at midnight
QCOSTARICA – At the stroke of midnight tonight, at gasoline stations across the country fuels will be more expensive. The increase will be especially strong for diesel users, a liter going from ¢873 to ¢1,004 for a rise of ¢131. Meanwhile, r...



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