Archive for June 16th, 2010

Panama Objects to Human Trafficking Ranking

June 16, 2010
By pa.di.

The United States released its 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report this week and Panama objects. The report lists Panama as a Tier 2 Watch List country, or a country whose government does not fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those...
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Hooded Trio Assaults 81-Year-Old Woman and her Employee

June 16, 2010
By st.di.
Hooded Trio Assaults 81-Year-Old Woman and her Employee

Three hooded assailants broke into the Los Santos home of 81-year-old Lorenza Ardinez early Sunday morning. According to Ardinez, two men and a woman arrived with a firearm, knocked in the back door and bound both her and her employee’s hands and feet.  They stole more than $1,500 in jewelry and cash. Ardinez, who says...
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Culantro Coyote Cultivation Growing

June 16, 2010
By fu.di.
Culantro Coyote Cultivation Growing

More and more farmers in Panama are cultivating culantro coyote. Maribel de Barrios, Regional Director for the Agriculture Market Institute in western Panama confirmed that culantro coyote cultivator numbers are indeed on the rise. Ministry of Agricultural Development figures show that more than 74 producers are growing more than 74 acres in Chepo, Chiriqui,...
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Man at End of his Rope Threatens Suicide in Plaza Edison

June 16, 2010
By pa.di.

Dorindo Covelo, a disgruntled ministry official threatened to throw himself from a Plaza Edison ledge yesterday. He said he felt cheated by the Ministry of Social Development, which he says promised him many things that never came to fruition, La Critica reports. One of his coworkers tried to talk him down, a crowd of spectators...
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