Archive for December 16th, 2009

Petaquilla Minerals has been digging for gold in the Oro Del Norte project in “the Petaquilla Mineral District” in Central Panama, according a Petaquilla news release. The first phase of the exploration began in the first quarter of 2009 when the company started sampling, mapping and analyzing.  The 30 square-mile area turned up 62 rock chips... »

A group of artists and musicians have turned the old Union Club into a temporary exhibition space, culminating with a rock concert on Christmas Eve. Presented by the Office of Casco Antiguo, the series of events was launched last Friday with live music and the deteriorated walls hung with the bright, edgy artwork of French... »

Starting tomorrow through December 27th, the Cinta Costera will be an amusement park. La Critica is calling it Bosco Park, in homage to the mayor’s grand planning efforts and city budget expenditures. The mechanical rides will include a roller coaster, a carousel, a haunted house, some spinning basket thrill-ride, the Octopus, and something called Dino Fly. In... »

Panama’s Supreme Court has issued its verdict in the Environment v. Mining Company case:  Minera Panama and Petaquilla Gold should now have a $1,934,694 fine to pay for razing more that 50 hectares of trees and the extracting minerals without the proper mitigation methods. An investigation by Panama’s Environmental Authority found that Petaquilla Gold’s activities... »