Archive for April 6th, 2010

More Garbage Trucks to Confront Trash Crisis

April 6, 2010
By pa.di.
More Garbage Trucks to Confront Trash Crisis

Panama City will buy waste collection vehicles to confront the mounting trash crisis in the city. Today, Panama’s Municipal Council approved the purchase of 51 garbage trucks for $8.6 million from Equipa Panama and Partes Diesel.  If the math is correct, each truck will cost about $168,627. Dimaud, Panama’s municipal urban and residential waste...
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Four Tons of Garbage Collected from Panama Canal Watershed

April 6, 2010
By en.di.
Four Tons of Garbage Collected from Panama Canal Watershed

A recent clean up effort in the Panama Canal watershed turned up 4.3 tons of garbage, La Prensa reports. Milton Martinez of the Panama Canal Authority said that the trash was composed of items like bottles, plates, plastic spoons, bags and packaging disposed into the rivers and streams by residents, restaurants and weekenders who...
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Steel Plate Falls From Crane, Kills Taxi Driver

April 6, 2010
By st.di.
Steel Plate Falls From Crane, Kills Taxi Driver

This morning a steel plate fell from the 40th floor of the Rivage Tower construction project crane on Balboa Avenue, crushing a taxi below. Edwin Vallejos, the driver of the Toyota taxi, was dropping his wife at the Fish Market on Balboa Avenue when the incident occurred.  Vallejos died on impact and his wife...
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