Not Easy Being Green

Pacific beach hotel clients are complaining about the flies, smoke and foul odors proceeding from the Rio Hato landfill in Panama’s Cocle Province. Although the Ministry of Health ordered the closing and relocation of the dump site a year ago, area hoteliers say the situation is worse than ever.  The site has been a...
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Panama City Mayor Bosco Vallarino announced Friday that it is precautionary tree cutting time again in the capital district. Over the past 11 months, Panama City has cut a total of 255 trees, and pruned approximately 350, according to official tree cutting statistics.  Trees were evaluated and designated for felling or pruning by a...
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The holidays are just around the corner and the trash authority is taking measures to deal with the 40 percent increase of Panama garbage output expected during this festive time. To this end, Director of the Panama’s municipal urban and residential waste management department, Harmodio Montaner, has suspended year-end vacations for garbage collection workers...
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The Curundu River got a taste of 4,000 liters of bunker C fuel from the National Brewery in Tumba Muerto on Wednesday. The leak occurred during a fuel transfer operation, and the main concern was that the Panama Canal Watershed would be affected. Ocean Pollution Control was called in and set up three retention...
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With new equipment approved, DIMAUD, Panama’s municipal urban and residential waste management department, will begin garbage collection duty at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow. Harmodio Montaner, DIMAUD Director, said that the entity had been working with only 20 compactor trucks, two trucks and a backhoe to confront the mountains of trash in Panama’s capital. “Obviously we...
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