Primary school students were caught in a shootout while on fieldtrip to the historic Casco Viejo neighborhood on Thursday. As shots were exchanged between gang members and police near the La Merced church, the school children dropped to the floor. The gang members had just come from exchanging bullets with an enemy gang on...
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Iberia’s maiden non-stop flight took from Madrid, Spain, headed to Panama City, Panama on Friday as planned. The flight, which was 96% occupied, reduces travel time by four hours and represents a near 55 percent increase in Iberia’s total seat supply to Panama. In the winter season, direct flights will be available Mondays, Wednesdays,...
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The House of Horrors at the Changuinola Fair proved to be a dangerous place on Wednesday night. According to the province of Bocas del Toro police reports, Carlos Alberto Santamaria dangerously brandished a knife and threatened the House of Horror crowd. When police sergeant Samuel Arias intervened, Santamaria slashed his arm and disarmed him....
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Although scientists have known that Panama rose out of the water to connect the Americas and divide the oceans three million years ago, they are taking advantage of the Panama Canal expansion project to dig a little deeper. “What this represents is a once-in-a-century chance to find out what really happened when the Americas...
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