Casco Viejo’s La Merced church has a 788-year-old bell. The church and convent was first erected in what are now the ruins of Panama Viejo but was moved stone by stone to Casco Viejo after pirate Henry Morgan’s devastating 1671 sacking. As part of a restoration effort, Panama’s National Institute of Culture invited Manuel...
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A few days ago, Mayor of Las Tablas Eudocio Perez urged the Government to refurbish the town’s Rufina Alfaro Park, calling its current deteriorated state a monument to laziness. The park is actually a monument to Panamanian patriot Rufina Alfaro, a countrywoman from the province of Los Santos and a somewhat mythically decisive figure in...
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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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Minister to the Presidency Jimmy Papadimitriu says that the Quarry Heights tunnel in Ancon Hill will be converted into an Emergency and Crisis Center to respond to natural disasters. Completed in 1942, the 302-foot by 7.5-foot tunnel was built by the U.S. Military and served as a secure intelligence, communications and joint operations command...
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The current administration has spent $1.2 million on restoration of the Presidential Palace in Casco Antiguo since stepping into office in July 2010. The details of these projects, however, remain classified. “The improvements and plans cannot be disclosed in just any instance because the building has to guaranty the security of the President,” said...
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