About 148 acres turned to ash as fires burned for more than six hours in the grasslands of Volcan Baru in the province of Chiriqui. Flames also licked up 600 pine and guyabinatas seedlings that were planted as part of the Canal Authority’s reforestation program. This is the eighth blaze in the Volcan Baru area so...
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Archive for February 12th, 2010
Fire on the Volcan Baru Mountain
Fish Market “Smells Like Death” Say Inspectors
“It smells like death here,” said Jorge Hassan, Metropolitan Region Director of Health, upon entering the cold room of the popular fish market on Balboa Avenue. Health inspectors found cases of water and ice teaming with flies and stink. They attribute the dirtiness to overcapacity with the addition of 69 vendors who relocated to the...
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