President Martinelli reaffirmed the institution of a stricter penal code to rid the country of delinquent crime and insecurity. The harsher measures, signed into law on November 2, will increase prison terms from 35 to 50 years from multiple delinquent acts. Some of the holiday crimes reported in the local papers: Nov. 1 - Orlando Alfredo...
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Archive for November 4th, 2009
Harsher Code and Crime Over the Holidays
History of the Panama Flag
Manuel Amador Guerrero, Panama’s first President, conceived the flag which was clandestinely sewn by his wife, Maria Ossa de Amador, days before independence from Colombia. The white in the flag represents peace; the blue star stands for purity, honesty and the Conservative party; and the red star symbolizes authority, law and the Liberal party....
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