Eight individuals were arrested Friday and sent the town of David’s public jail after trying to steal 49 cattle from a local breeder. The head of Chiriqui Police, David Ramos Villa, said Ulises Muñoz, owner of the cattle herd, was going to sell the cattle to a purported buyer, Marcos Tulio Peña, for $30,000....
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The government plans to build a new convention center on fill between the somewhat slummy district of El Chorrillo and the fairly commercially-dead Amador Causeway. Designed by American firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill at a cost of $300,000, the 538,195 square-foot center requires an investment of $200 million. The Panamanian Tourism Authority has hired...
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The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) approved a $120 million loan for the project to clean up the filthy Bay of Panama. The project called “Proyecto de Saneamiento de la Ciudad y Bahía de Panamá,” is looking to redress the contamination the city poured into its waters as a result of uncontrolled urban growth and...
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