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President Ricardo Martinelli has asked public entities to  refrain from celebrating Christmas this year due to the tragedy caused by Panama’s recent flooding. According to the Ministry of Communication release, the government “wants to bring the maximum help to all those Panamanian families who suffered nature’s blow.” Director of the National Civil Protection System,...
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Less than one hundred of Panama’s 350 to 400 snake species are venomous, but they have killed 203 people in the Province of Cocle so far this year. Of the 203 fatal snake bite victims, 117 were men and 86 were women, according to the city of Penonome’s Aquilino Tejeira Hospital statistics. Most bites...
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National Immigration Service agents arrested Nicholas Joseph Lucanegro at Paso Canoas in Chiriqui, an area Panama’s Minister of Homeland Security calls Little Tijuana. According to prisonpost.com, a prison pen pal site, 57-year-old Lucanegro, a Virgo, is white with brown hair and green eyes. Originally from New Jersey, he was convicted in Florida in October 2008...
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Michael Nardella, a 48 year-old U.S. citizen, jumped from the roof of the city of David’s public prison to his death. He was arrested at his home in the El Frances sector of Boquete and incarcerated in early November, but little more is known at this time.  The director of the prison, Ismael Flores,...
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Motorcycle riders in Panama now have to wear reflective jackets. Executive degree 949 was passed on December 1 and enacted into law two days later in Gaceta Oficial No. 26673-B. The law requires all drivers and their passengers to wear reflective jackets, use directional signals and leave front and back lights on while circulating.  In...
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