Archive for March, 2010

On Monday a 450-pound cow was found dead in the residential community of Valle Escondido near Boquete. The animal was eyeless and tongueless.  There were two entry marks suggestive of the legendary chupacabra or goat sucker, and not an ounce of blood. Nobody in the surrounding community heard or saw anything.  Some say it...
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Starting tomorrow, the price of snapper will increase from $2 to $3 a pound because of the shortage resulting from the effects of climate change. Santiago Escartin, President of the Association of Fish Sellers of the Fish Market, said that the rest of the seafood is quite accessible:   Bar Jack at $1.75, Sierra...
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Mayor Edison Gonzalez of Las Tablas confirmed the surprise capture of a man flagrantly and illegally dumping garbage in an illegal area landfill. The dump is at the entrance of a side street off the Las Tablas-El Montero route.  It has accumulated trash such as cans, glass, plastic, rubber, cardboard, metal, wood and biomedical...
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At approximately 9 a.m. this morning, two men entered a home in the Altamar 2 development of the Dolega district. The intruders gagged a women and beat and killed American Paul Roger Nunes, age 60, before taking items from the house and a Dodge 4×4. Jonathan Scott, who explained to the authorities that he...
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More than 500 years after Christopher Columbus I arrived to the territories of present day Panama, Christopher Columbus XX is back with plans for an ambitious historic tourism project called Castilla del Oro. The plan is to recreate the 16th century in the provinces of Veraguas, Cocle, Herrera and Los Santos, emphasizing the folkloric...
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