QCOSTARICA – It is the weekend and we’re back to the odds and evens. For today, Saturday, July 31, vehicles with EVEN ending license plates (O, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 8) CANNOT circulate. Also, if you are driving with an exemption letter, a rem...

QCOSTARICA – The driver of a vehicle died on Thursday afternoon when he was buried by a landslide on Route 10, in Pavones de Turrialba.   The driver, identified as Héctor Lezama Malave, 69 years of age, a local well known hotel operator, ...

QCOSTARICA – On Thursday, July 29, Costa Rica received 482,610 doses of vaccines against covid-19, the product of two deliveries. The first in the early morning hours, when 163,200 doses of AstraZeneca / Oxford arrived, the second at the night,...

QCOSTARICA – The community of Tambor in Cureña de Sarapiquí remains under water due to the heavy rains that caused flooding in the past week. Residents say they have been hungry due to little government aid and the inability to access drinkin...

Q REPORTS (DW) Classified as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization (WHO) on June 17, the lambda, or C.37, variant of the coronavirus has already been detected in some US states and at least 29 nations — many of them i...

Q24N (DW) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday that he will soon sign a decree to release thousands of federal prisoners under certain conditions. Which prisoners will be freed under the order? The order would apply to federal ...

Q24N (DW) Brazilians braced themselves for the coldest day of the year on Friday after some locals in southern regions saw snow for the first time. Over 40 cities in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul reported ice, with 33 even getting snow on T...

QCOSTARICA – Today, Friday, July 30, vehicles with license plates ending in 9 & 0 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. From 9:00 pm to 5:00 am A...

QCOSTARICA – Modifying the hours of the sanitary vehicle restriction and allowing businesses – including bars and restaurants – to open until 11:00 pm would translate into almost 30 thousand jobs, according to businessmen attached t...

Q TRENDS – A highway that will charge electric cars is being tested in the United States, by Indiana’s Department of Transport (INDOT). The wireless charging technology can be installed in the pavement, allowing electric vehicles to charg...