Archive for July 28th, 2010

Environmental Authority Escorts Caiman to Lagoon

July 28, 2010
By en.di.
Environmental Authority Escorts Caiman to Lagoon

National Environmental Authorities officials accompanied a Caiman crocodile from to a protected lagoon in the Chiriquiri province Wednesday. Acting on reports that the Zapata family found the Caiman on their Tinaja farm in the district of Dolega, environmental inspectors located the reptile who was still in the area, explained Amarilis Acosta, head of the authority’s Department...
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Ministers Face Legal Woes in Bocas del Toro Conflict

July 28, 2010
By pa.di.
Ministers Face Legal Woes in Bocas del Toro Conflict

Defenders of Bocas del Toro’s banana worker human rights filed a new criminal complaint against government ministers related to the violent July 8 to 11 protests, which they say resulted in “brutal police repression.” The legal action called for the investigation of Public Security Minister Jose Raul Mulino, Minister of Labor Alma Cortes, National...
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Canada Crushes Panama in Baseball Juniors

July 28, 2010
By pa.di.
Canada Crushes Panama in Baseball Juniors

Panama had two runs to Canada’s nine in Tuesday night’s World Junior Baseball Championship in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Panama‘s manager, Claudino Hernandez, was disappointed but still believes his team was capable of victory, The Thunder Bay Chronicle reported. “It was a very difficult game,” he said. “The Canadian team is very deceptive, very tactical.”...
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Panama Meeting Narco Threat with More Technology

July 28, 2010
By pa.di.
Panama Meeting Narco Threat with More Technology

At a graduate ceremony for 168 new frontier police  yesterday, President Martinelli announced the $150 million purchase of six helicopters and radars to fight narcotrafficking and the acquisition of six new motorboats donated by the Berlusconi government. At the ceremony, Martinelli bestowed honorary medals on two National Frontier Service agents who lost limbs in...
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