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Mon, 24 Oct 2022 23:54:06 +0000
MOPT rewards driving misbevioirs
QCOSTARICA – Did you misbehave, driving-wise, this past weekend? The Ministerio de Obras Publicasy Transports (MOPT) has you a deal, pay your ticket on time and get a discount. In a post on social networks, the MOPT explains that if you committ...

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:04:27 +0000
Migrants crowd at Panama airport to return to Venezuela
Q24N – Venezuelan migrants gathered on Saturday at the main airport in Panama in search of a ticket to return to Venezuela after the US closed the land border, through which they intended to enter that country after a trip that includes crossin...

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:55:29 +0000
What is QRishing, the new modality of cyber fraud?
QCOSTARICA – Do you scan every QR code you see? This clever phishing scam might make you think twice due to QRishing, a form of phishing attack where hackers exploit QR codes to steal private information, install malicious software on a device,...

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:32:21 +0000
Second day of search ends after plane crash in Limón without new findings
QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Public Security (MSP) confirmed that the second day of search this Sunday in the Caribbean for the remains of Friday’s crashed plane ended unsuccessfully. “Today the weather conditions greatly complicated th...

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:00:08 +0000
Six out of ten Ticos believe that Costa Rica “is little or not at all safe”
QCOSTARICA – 65.5% of Costa Ricans consider that Costa Rica is not very safe or not at all safe, at the same time women perceive with greater intensity the possibility of being victims of a crime, including sexual assault, as announced Thursday...

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 08:22:04 +0000
First remains of crashed aircraft in the Caribbean located
QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Public Security (MSP) reported that the first remains of the aircraft that crashed in the Costa Rican Caribbean 28 kilometers from the Limón airport were located. According to the MSP, there were six people in the ...

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 07:49:18 +0000
U.S. “very concerned” about the increase in coca crops in Colombia
Q24N (Infobae) The United States affirmed that it is “very concerned” about the “high levels” of coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia, and assured that it will continue to cooperate with the South American count...

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 07:44:21 +0000
Solar Energy, the Solution for Remote Communities in Argentina
Q24N (IPS) When asked about the impact of incorporating solar energy at the school he runs in Atraico, a remote rural area in the Patagonian steppe in southern Argentina, Claudio Amaya Gatica is unequivocal: “Life has changed, not only for the scho...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:33:15 +0000
“Locos” for lottery: Christmas lottery sales increased 24% over last year
QCOSTARICA – With the hope and desire to better their financial situation with a win of the ¢1.6 billion colones jackpot of the Gordo Navideñ (Christma Lottery), has increased sales considerably compared to the previous year. According to the...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:06:40 +0000
Constitutional Court annuls health order that closed Parque Viva
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica’s Costitutional Court (Sala Constitucional or Sala IV as it is commonly known) upheld an appeal (Amparo) that was filed by a group of journalists from the newspaper La Nación against the closure by the government ...



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