Archive for February 21st, 2010

Taxi Falls Off Punta Paitilla Viaduct

February 21, 2010
By st.di.
Taxi Falls Off Punta Paitilla Viaduct

Taxi driver Mario Quintero flipped off a San Francisco viaduct yesterday afternoon in the Panama City neighborhood of San Francisco. Witnesses say the car fell to the road below when Quintero lost control trying to avoid a car that cut in front of him.  The taxi landed wheels up with Quintero trapped inside. A 911 ambulance...
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Serviceman Shot Near Monkey Island

February 21, 2010
By pa.di.
Serviceman Shot Near Monkey Island

There has been more armed Panamanian official activity near the border of Colombia. Jonathan Minera, a Naval Air Service Agent. was wounded yesterday around noon when his patrol boat, the Ligia Elena, intercepted three narco-guerilla speedboats on the coast of Mono a.k.a. Monkey Island, a few miles from the Colombian border. When Minera proceeded to board...
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