Monday morning a policeman dressed as a civilian was walking down Avenue B in Casco Antiguo around 9th street when a black Toyota Yaris intercepted him. Three men jumped out of the car, posed as state investigators, grabbed the undercover officer’s cell phone and a scuffle ensued during which the officer was beaten. Once...
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Archive for June 22nd, 2010
Men Posing as Investigators Beat Undercover Cop
Betania Ranks First on Dengue Infestation Index
At 15.8 percent, Panama City’s Betania neighborhood has the highest levels of dengue infestation in all of Panama. Health authorities will intensify fumigation efforts and are calling on the community to eliminate breeding pools where the Aedes Aegytpi mosquitos that transmit the diesease like to procreate. The Juan Diaz neighborhood ranked second with 9.1...
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Panama Wants To Bank Noriega’s Laundered Francs
Panama will ask for compensation for material and moral damages during ex-Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega’s upcoming French trial. Benoit Lavagne and Yves Baudelot, the lawyers representing the Panamanian State confirmed. And, this is not the first time. In 1999, Panama received a symbolic one franc compensation when the judges ruled that the money came...
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