President Ricardo Martinelli has transparently published his $1 check on the National Government’s website. The Panamanian multi-millionaire president donates the rest of his $7,000 ($5,421 after taxes) monthly salary to charity. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City, whose net worth is $16 billion, popularized symbolic renumeration by accepting $1 of his annual $195,000...
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The government initiated the second phase of the Panama Bay clean-up project today which includes building a sewage interceptor system and a treatment plant in a network that will stretch from Casco Viejo to Tocumen Airport. For decades, Panama has been depositing 140 million gallons of untreated wastewater daily into the bay which smells...
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After a $5,000 clean up, residents near the Vergüenza stream in the province of Chiriqui continue to toss contaminating garbage into the stream. The private company charged with the clean up found pillows, refrigerators, and stoves among the items disposed of. Six months later the stream is dirty again and the authorities will have...
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