Somali pirates have received a $3.1 million ransom for a Panamanian-flagged ship they have been holding onto since October. “Some of our friends have already disembarked and the rest will get off the ship soon,” one of the pirates, Hassan, told Reuters by telephone from the coastal pirate base of Haradheere. “We hope it will...
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Just before 2 p.m. today, a Tropigas tank exploded, setting fire to a banking area building near Sushi Express. Witnesses reported a series of explosions before the fire broke out and initially thought it was an earthquake. One person, Elias Garcia, was transported to Santo Tomas Hospital for treatment of serious burns. The General Director...
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, more popularly known by its Spanish acronym FARC, have asked Panama to suspend its attacks against insurgents in the border zone. “To the Panamanians, we say that to this unjustified hostility, which we hope will be corrected, that our border politics order FARC guerrillas not to attack the armed...
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Panama’s Municipality of Buildings and Constructions and the Directorate of Historic Heritage are looking into why Casco Viejo’s Hotel Central collapsed the other day. Yesterday, officials revised the crumbling structure to make sure that proper measures will be adopted to avoid further disintegration of the 125 year-old facade. Although a penalty has yet to be...
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