More than two dozen cows are feeding on garbage near Rio Hato in Anton. This permissive practice not only presents a danger to the cows but to the consumers of their garbage-fed steaks farther up the food chain. Jorge Caceres, mayor of Anton, says sanctions will be imposed once the irresponsible ranchers are found....
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“Today is a day of special celebration because 10 years don’t get smoked in a pipe, but there is still much to do,” La Prensa reports President Martinelli as saying this morning, commemorating a decade of Panamanian administration of its Canal. On December 31, 1999, Panama gained full rights of sovereignty over the canal...
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Ivan Galvez Amanias, also known as a one of the “Coiba Decapitators,” was quietly working as an electrician in a Punta Pacifica building when the National Police nabbed him yesterday. Amanias was one of the actors in what came to be known as the Coiba Massacre. On January 29, 1998, a macabre tale unfolded on...
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The Taiwanese administration’s donation of a luxury jet to Panama is under fire by the opposing Democratic Progress Party, according to an article in today’s Taipei Times. Perceived as scandalous dollar diplomacy, lawmakers are questioning what seems to be a discrepancy between a $40 million aid package and the $22 million estimated value of the...
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The national police operative known as “End of the Year,” took 40 firearms and 204 ammunitions off the streets in the last 72 hours. The operative took place across the country and confiscated weapons included: seven 9 millimeter pistols, three .12 caliber shotguns, three .380 pistols, three .22 caliber pistols, two .25s, two hunting...
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