Tonight, starting at 6 p.m., children will be lacing up their gloves to vye for 15 academic scholarships. The municipality-sponsored “Fight for Your Scholarship” event pits children, ages 8 to 13, against each other in the boxing ring to compete for 10-month scholarships, bags of food and trophies. Panama City Mayor Bosco Vallarino said...
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Residents of 11B street in Arraijan’s Tecal neighborhood are overwhelmed by the stench of the overflowing septic tanks behind their homes. “We have lived on this street 11 years and have never seen anyone come to clean these septic tanks,” said street resident Luis Moreno. Arraijan Mayor Manolith Samaniego said that the municipality is...
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The Secretariat of Energy has contracted an exploratory study to check Panamanian soil for natural oil and gas. The $476,000-study will have eight months to figure out where Panama’s resources lie and if they can be successfully commercially developed. It is believed that the most likely candidates for exploitation are the Atlantic Coast and...
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If all goes according to plan, President Ricardo Martinelli will travel to South Africa today to assist the World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands. “I’m going to South Africa with my money, in my free time,” said the President who will be accompanied by his sons and other guests. He added that...
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The meteorological phenomenon known as La Niña is set to hit Panama in the next few months. Director of the National System for Civil Protection, Arturo Alvarado, said to expect more intense rainfall and urged vulnerable populations in areas prone to flooding to get away from those places. According to Alvarado, the outlook for the...
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As a means to promote healthy competition between primary schools, the Presidency will hold a competition for students to name three new baby herons that arrived to the presidential palace. The students will have from July 1 to July 30 to name the birds. President Martinelli told the children, grades 1 to 5, that...
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The Ministry of Health declared a health alert in response to an outbreak of Equine Encephalitis in Panama. The virus has advance to the area of 24 of December where two infected horses were identified, not far from Tocumen International Airport, La Prensa reports. First detected at the end of last month in the...
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Yesterday, former Panama City mayor Juan Carlos Navarro compared President Martinelli to famed gangster Al Capone, La Critica reports. Navarro said one similarity is the way Martinelli travels to separate himself from crisis situations like the current controversy generated by the “9 in 1 law” project that seeks to eliminate environmental and workers rights....
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Child birthing pains surprised Verenice Espada Espinoza, age 19, when she withdrew to a San Miguelito latrine with stomach pains. After giving birth, the new mother passed out and was taken to the San Miguel Arcangel Hospital. Unbeknownst to anyone, the newborn had fallen into the latrine. When the mother was able to explain...
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Yesterday, the Pandora Aussi, a 51-foot Bertram yacht, caught fire ten miles southeast of Taboguilla Island in the Bay of Panama. The yacht was reportedly carrying five passengers and two crew who had just participated in a fishing tournament on San Jose Island. They were rescued by the passing Pez Cuento yacht and no...
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