Archive for August 27th, 2010

Police Apologize for Surf Competition Drug Search

August 27, 2010
By pa.di.
Police Apologize for Surf Competition Drug Search

The National Police raided surfers from Australia and Uruguay Thursday in preparation for the weekend ISA World Masters Surfing Championship in Santa Catalina. Local residents and merchants complained of an excessive show of police force, La Prensa reports.  Police say that they were tipped off to the presence of drugs in one of the...
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Panama Agrees With Peru: Limit Arms Race in Region

August 27, 2010
By pa.di.
Panama Agrees With Peru: Limit Arms Race in Region

While in Peru on a diplomatic mission this week, President Ricardo Martinelli says he backs Peru’s initiative to limit the purchase of weapons in the region. “I agree with the principle of not spending money on weapons…our forces are deployed to our nation’s sea, air and land borders, but we are not unleashing an...
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Another U.S. Fugitive Pedophile Caught in Boquete

August 27, 2010
By st.di.

Authorities arrested their second U.S. fugitive pedophile in Boquete this month. His name is Fairly Earls and in 1999, he was convicted and sentenced to 45 years in jail for sex crimes against minors.  After six years in prison, he won an appeal for a new trial and was released on $25,000 bail.  Within a...
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Singapore Waiting for Panama Mining Clearance

August 27, 2010
By pa.di.
Singapore Waiting for Panama Mining Clearance

In April of this year, Singapore’s Temasek Holdings bought $500 million worth of shares from Canada’s Inmet Mining Corporation, owner of the Minera Panama copper mine project in Panama’s Colon province. There is just one hitch:  the Panamanian government must modify Article 4 of the country’s mining code prior to September 30 to allow...
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