Q Costa Rica

Q REPORTS (Vice.com) “Think of every non-organic pineapple you eat as taking years of your life.” This was not something I expected to hear in my first few days of my soul-nourishing Costa Rican holiday. I’d actually been planning to spend it largely sipping, um, piña coladas, but meeting the […]

QCOSTARICA — With Christmas just around the corner, salaried workers will receive more than ¢1 billion colones in Aguinaldo or year-end bonuses. Avoiding expensive gifts, maintaining emotional control, and not getting into debt are vital recommendations for the year-end bonus – Aguinaldo – that is just around the corner The […]

QCOSTARICA — The Ministerio Publica (Prosecutor’s Office) does not rule out investigating senior officials of the Banco Nacional Costa Rica (BNCR) in the case known as “Gallo Tapado”, of the missing ¢3.293 billion colones from the State bank’s vault. Prosecutor Rónald Segura made the statement on Saturday to Telenoticias television […]

QCOSTARICA — Very soon many forested parts of Costa Rica will be alive with the song of chicharras, cicadas. They are also known as cigarras in Spanish, but chicharra is more commonly used in Costa Rica. Despite the overwhelming noise, the cicadas generally remain well hidden in the trees—they are […]

Q24N (CBC) – The Canadian mining company that controls a massive copper mine in Panama says it has no plans to alter its operations despite widespread local protests against the firm’s mining contract that have escalated and turned deadly. A protester waves a Panamanian flag during a demonstration to celebrate […]

QCOSTARICA — The possibility that the U.S. dollar exchange will begin to rise is almost zero, since there is an excess of foreign currency in the economy that is reflected in the foreign currency market and will remain so at the end of the year, according to Luis Alvarado, economic […]

In recent years, there’s been a growing acknowledgment of the importance of mental health services as a crucial component of overall healthcare. For individuals enrolled in Medicare, understanding the scope and limitations of coverage for mental health services is essential. This comprehensive overview will detail how Medicare addresses mental health […]

Q(OP-ED) — In principle Copays make sense. A fundamental law of Economics is that if something is free, like doctor visits or operations in hospitals, people will consume them until they are completely sated. In any free healthcare system if missing a scheduled appointment costs nothing, patients will miss them […]

QCOSTARICA — The collection of the 2024 Marchamo or right of circulation began last Saturday, however, owners of electric vehicles will enjoy tax exemptions and benefits different from those of combustion vehicles. While all electric vehicles benefit with a tax exemption of the property tax of the Marchamo, not all […]

QCOSTARICA — Mexico and Honduras have joined Central American countries busing migrants north, sparking fears from Joe Biden’s administration, as its border crisis deepens. Migrants arriving in Costa Rica this past month In just one week last month, more than 14,000 travelers were bused from Panama to Costa Rica – […]