QCOSTARICA — With a humorous message, the Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT), reminds drivers that the vehicular restrictions on San José will continue this week. The restrictions will be lifted starting Monday, December 23, 2024, and resume on Monday, January 6, 2025. On social media, the MOPT posted […]
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QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica will close 2024 with record numbers in tourist visitation, foreign currency income, and employment. According to projections by the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) = Costa Rican Tourism Board, the country could reach 2.6 million tourists by air, surpassing the 2.47 in 2023, and establishing a […]
QCOSTARICA — Almost half of people seriously injured in traffic accidents died some time after, according to data from the Estudio de Movilidad Segura 2024 (Safe Mobility Study 2024), prepared by the Center for Urban Sustainability (CPSU) and in official data from both from the National Institute of Statistics and […]
QCOSTARICA — Paola Amador, the only survivor of the crash of a small plane in Pico Blanco, on November 25, gave her first public statements on Thursday. This was during a surprise visit by President Rodrigo Chaves, who showed up at the INS Trauma Hospital, where Amador is recovering. “I […]
QCOSTARICA — Before recessing for the end vacations, legislators rushed to present a bill to stop taxes on transactions on SINPE Móvil, that go into effect on January 205 on all transactions not deemed personal. Earlier this week, the Ministerio de Hacienda (Ministry of Finance, announced its plan to close […]
QCOSTARICA — When Orvieto Morales was a little boy he went to school at the pink steel building in Downtown San José known as the “Edificio Metalico.” After school he would often walk a couple of blocks to the stylish and beautiful neighborhood called Barrio Amon. There he could visit […]
QCOSTARICA — The National Emergency Commission (CNE) declared a green alert in some parts of the country, due to the possible effects of cold push #5. Among the possible effects are gusts of wind and rain. The effects may extend at least until Friday, December 13, in the areas under […]
QCOSTARICA — The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) has announced that there will be no toll charges in effect during peak hours until Wednesday, December 18. Additionally, tolls will not be charged at all from Thursday, December 19 until Sunday, January 5, 2025. These are tolls on the […]
Q24N (AFP) – President Daniel Ortega presented a bill on Wednesday to ban the use and possession of drones in Nicaragua, according to a document to which AFP had access. “The entry and use of unmanned aerial, naval and terrestrial means is prohibited, in the national territory, by natural or […]
Q REPORTS (Confidencial) It was 2:37 on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 5th. Millions of US citizens were voting, and the winner of the presidential elections was yet to be determined. I was listening to the Fox News station on Sirius XM – a favorite of Trump’s followers – when […]