Archive for August 5th, 2010

U.S. Fraudster and Fugitive Arrested in Boquete

August 5, 2010
By pa.di.
U.S. Fraudster and Fugitive Arrested in Boquete

National police arrested Frederick Allen Osburn on Monday in Chiriqui for cyber fraud and theft. Osburn, who turns 55 tomorrow, worked as a computer systems expert in order to allegedly gain access to Boquete residents’ files including banking information, the police said. He is previously wanted in the State of Nevada for violating parole in...
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Man Faces Jail for Long-Legged Rodent and Gregarious Pig Crime

August 5, 2010
By en.di.
Man Faces Jail for Long-Legged Rodent and Gregarious Pig Crime

A man who admitted to hunting and killing an agouti and a peccary was sentenced to 32 months in prison. Both the agouti – an agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent – and the peccary – a nocturnal gregarious piglike animal – are considered endangered. Pascual Rodriguez was apprehended by Cerro Colorado park rangers in the...
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Bridge Name Creates Controversy

August 5, 2010
By pa.di.

Residents of Cerro Viento are up in arms that the name Metropuente will be used to inaugurate an elevated bridge leading to their community. Nearby is Metromall, Panama’s newest commercial center, completed late last year.  A Metromall representative says the Metrobridge name is only a short-term publicity resource to orient the public, La Prensa...
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