Archive for October 18th, 2010

Security and health authorities are gearing up for this Thursday’s Black Christ Festival in Portobelo. On hand to protect the 60,000 to 80,000 faithful visitors will be 600 men and women of the National Police, the Aeronaval Service, the National Civil Protection Service and the Red Cross. Some Black Christ devotees walk as many as...
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There are 220 cruise ships booked to transit the Panama Canal from October 2010 to May 2011, and the waterway’s authority expects as many as 285. Among the pleasure boats with plans to transit the Canal this year are such notables as Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth and the Disney Wonder which is scheduled for a...
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