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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Showpro Panama confirms that Ozzy Osbourne, also known as the Godfather of Heavy Metal and the Prince of Darkness, will perform in Panama on April 19, 2011. The concert is part of a 18-month world promotional tour for his latest album “Scream” and its latest single “Live Won’t Wait.” Born in Birmingham, England, the...
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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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Panamanian pitcher Mariano Rivera agreed to two more seasons with the New York Yankees for $30 million. “I wanted two years,” the 41-year-old Rivera told the New York Daily News. “That will be fine. I think maybe that might be the last two years.” The contract won’t be announced by the Yankees until Rivera...
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