Around 5 a.m. this morning, an earthquake shook Bocas del Toro. Initial reports reveal that the trembling was felt on Colon Island, Almirante, the border with Costa Rica as well as in Boquete. The University of Panama’s Institute of Geosciences registered the magnitude at 4.3 at 9.240N, 82.697W with a depth of 12.9 nautical...
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Archive for May 13th, 2010
Earthquake Shakes Bocas del Toro
France Will Keep Noriega in Jail Until Trial
French justice decided not to release Manuel Noriega from his Paris jail, pending his end-of-June money laundering trial. A court drawing shows Noriega being carried into the Paris hearing on a chair by gendarmes. The former Panamanian general, however, did stand up to open the trial, at which time he pointed a finger to...
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Beirut Planned for Casco Viejo
Word on the street is that the popular Lebanese Beirut restaurant will soon open a new Casco Viejo location. The Lebanese restaurant, which also has an Indian menu, first opened in 2004 in Panama City’s banking district and then built the new Amador Causeway Beirut over the last couple years. The Casco Viejo Beirut...
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