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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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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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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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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