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Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:02:46 +0000
INS confirms that vehicles with RTV amnesty can pay 2023 Marchamo and will be given the ‘sticker’
QCOSTARICA – Without a national vehicle inspection service in operation, the question of payment of the annual circulation permit, the Marchamo, that the national insurer –  the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) – that starts col...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:56:17 +0000
Feared that a tropical wave will become a hurricane Sunday morning
QCOSTARICA – Tropical wave #41, which is directly approaching Central America, will become a hurricane on Sunday morning, according to estimates from the National Hurricane Center Miami. During a press conference Thursday afternoon, authorities...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:26:47 +0000
Costa Rica would allow cannabis consumption in food or drinks sold in coffee shops
QCOSTARICA – The bill presented by the government of Rodrigo Chaves to allow cannabis for recreational purposes, proposes to guarantee that it be consumed in the food or drinks sold in coffee shops or cafés. The initiative prohibits the smokin...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:04:16 +0000
Low-cost airline, Arajet, takes off for Costa Rica on Monday
QCOSTARICA – Arajet, the new low-cost airline, will start its flights between the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica starting on Monday. The first flight will arrive Monday morning at the Juan Santamaría International (San Jose) Airport from Sa...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:50:19 +0000
Costa Rica’s Debi Nova invited to two Julieta Venegas concerts
Q MAGAZINE – Costa Rica’s own singer-songwriter Debi Nova announced this week she is an invited guest artist in two of the concerts that the Mexican Julieta Venegas will offer in the United States. The shows in which Nova will offer part ...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:30:23 +0000
New ¢10,000 countefeit bills detected in San Jose
QCOSTARICA – It didn’t take long. Within days of October 1, of being the only ¢10,000 bill in circulation, counterfeit bills have appeared in San Jose. La Nacion reported the first case was recorded last weekend at the Hatillo farmerR...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:18:12 +0000
María Luisa Cedeño case: Defense tries to bring down the discovery of blood in the defendant’s car
QCOSTARICA – After it became known that the dog of the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) detected blood in the car of one of those accused of the crime of María Luisa Cedeño Quesada, his defense tried to invalidate said evidence. Thi...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:50:37 +0000
Costa Rica government promotes legalizing marijuana for recreational use
QCOSTARICA – This Wednesday, Costa Rica President, Rodrigo Chaves, signed the bill that seeks to allow marijuana for recreational use. Now the initiative will reach Congress where a discussion will take place in the legislative commission assig...

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:35:39 +0000
Half of deaths on the roads were of motorcyclists or cyclists
QCOSTARICA – The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) reported that 54% of the people who have died on the road this year were traveling on two-wheeled vehicles, that is, motorcycles or bicycles. According to the report, during th...

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:17:34 +0000
Major roads now with two rainy seasons without maintenance
QCOSTARICA – The lag in infrastructure and the lack of financing for road maintenance has become a national crisis, according to various sectors. And it is that the more time passes without investing a colon in the battered national roads, the ...



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