Yearly Archives: 2015

Rico

Popeye’s Keeps Expanding in Costa Rica

(QCOSTARICA) Popeye's restaurants has become a big hit with Costa Ricans, the franchisee opening this week its seventh location, in Santo Domingo de Heredia, with two more coming later this year. Virya Navarro, Popeye's marketing manager, said construction is underway at the Radial de Heredia and Zona Centro Mall in...
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Avianca Begins Direct Flights Between San Jose And San Andres

(QCOSTARICA) Starting last Friday, the Colombian airline, Avianca, is now offering three weekly direct flights to the Caribbean island of San Andres. The flights leave the San Jose International airport at 11:50am on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, arriving a the Colombian island at 2:09pm. The return flight leaves San Andes...
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Change in Motel Tax Would Increase Help For The Poor In...

(QCOSTARICA) One way to help Costa Rica's poor by the financially strapped government is by making changes in the way motels are taxed, giving the Instituto Mixto de Ayuda Social (IMAS), more than ¢700 million colones a year to work with. The additional income, almost triple than what the IMAS...