Q Costa Rica
Reports by QCR staff
Road paving in Costa Rica
Auditor's report: road asphalt deteriorates in 90 days of paving.
AyA announces end of rationing in the Metropolitan Area
(HQ) The Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) announced the end of the...
7 years in prison for trying to travel to Bolivia with $200K
(HQ) A man was sentenced by the Alajuela criminal court to 7 years in...
San José Municipal offices will close this Monday by sanitary order
(QCOSTARICA) The Municipality of San José will be closed this Monday as part of...
15 Ways to Stay Safe at Restaurants
(QCOSTARICA) While many are hungry to go out to support local restaurants that have...
How much are you willing to pay for a mask?
(QCOSTARICA) A study by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) detected “significant”...
Basic basket, rentals, water and electricity would be exempt from VAT for six months
(QCOSTARICA) With the aim of helping Costa Ricans who suffer the economic effects of...
Legislators bury possibilty of posponing VAT on basic basket
The bill presented on June 11 by the government to postpone the Value Added...
The Mexican men who want to end violence against women
(Q REPORTS) Since stay-at-home and social distancing measures were announced in Mexico to slow...
Robotic Spy Sea Turtle Crawls Up Costa Rican Beach to Lay Camera Eggs For Vultures to Steal
In a terrapine clip narrated by David Tennant from the PBS/BBC series ‘The Tropics:...
Sinart employees demonstrate for layoffs
(QCOSTARICA) With the proper distancing and masks on their faces, a group of employees...
Rains will be less intense this Tuesday
(QCOSTARICA) Today, Tuesday, June 30, the rains will be less intense than those yesterday...
Retailers ask customers to wear face masks inside stores
(QCOSTARICA) The Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce is urging all customers visiting points of...
The final after the final
Tonight, June 29, is the final between the Saprissa and Alajulense soccer. Last week...
They Want to Kill Me’: Many Covid Patients Have Terrifying Delirium
The New York Times - Kim Victory was paralyzed on a bed and being...
Businesses in phase two sectors can only sell groceries, health minister warned
(QCOSTARICA) The Ministry of Health warned businesses in Orange alert and orange alert adjacent,...
Prepare to stop using ¢50,000 bills
(QCOSTARICA) Good chance you've used them sparingly, even less of late or may have...
Uber Costa Rica: users and drivers will be able to cancel trips if no mask
(Q COSTA RICA) Starting Thursday, Uber drivers and their passengers will be required to...
Use of masks in taxi or bus will be mandatory on June 27
(Q COSTA RICA) The use of a mask or shield will be mandatory starting...
It’s not Europe, it’s Cartago, Costa Rica
It's not Europe,it's Cartago, Costa Rica.
"Linda y bella nuestra tiquicia".
Photo from Fotos antiguas de...
‘Travel as we knew it is over and it’s never coming back,’ says Airbnb CEO
(Daily Mail) The CEO of Airbnb says that as a result of the coronavirus...
IDB funds pandemic relief in Costa Rica, Panama
Latin Finance - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has granted US$400 million in financing...
How to bring Costa Rica’s ‘pura vida’ attitude into your life
Matador Network - Visiting Costa Rica for the first time can be a bit...
Costa Rica is a UN sanitary evacuation plan destination
(QCOSTARICA) Within the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations (UN) system prepared...
COVID-19 detected in Auto Mercado worker in Escazú
(QCOSTARICA) AutoMercado confirmed on Tuesday about a positive case of COVID-19 in one of...
Costa Rica will receive foreign patients with COVID-19 to treat them
(QCOSTARICA) Costa Rica will receive foreign patients infected with COVID-19 to treat them, at...
More than 15,000 foreigners rejected
(QCOSTARICA) As a result of the operations of the Ministry of Public Security in...
Reactivation of employment?
Opposition criticizes the government for lack of a plan to reactivate employment.
Some Experts Say Face Shields Better Than Masks for Coronavirus Protection
(AARP) By now we know we should be wearing face masks to protect others...
Los Angeles, El Salvador are mirror images of poverty
(QREPORTS) As the signposts we call civilization decrease in frequency, cars accelerate. Speeds rise...
Police intervene party in La Carpio and are attacked
(QCOSTARICA) The 9-1-1 emergency service reports receiving hundreds of calls over the weekend of...
Baker opens bakery despite having to be quarantined
(QCOSTARICA) The Desamparados Municipal Pollice had to be called in when a baker, under...
