Defenders of Bocas del Toro’s banana worker human rights filed a new criminal complaint against government ministers related to the violent July 8 to 11 protests, which they say resulted in “brutal police repression.” The legal action called for the investigation of Public Security Minister Jose Raul Mulino, Minister of Labor Alma Cortes, National...
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At a graduate ceremony for 168 new frontier police yesterday, President Martinelli announced the $150 million purchase of six helicopters and radars to fight narcotrafficking and the acquisition of six new motorboats donated by the Berlusconi government. At the ceremony, Martinelli bestowed honorary medals on two National Frontier Service agents who lost limbs in...
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As of January 2011, yellow will be a color reserved just for taxis in Panama. The Transit and Ground Transportation Authority believes the measure will serve to regulate the country’s taxi business. “We are worried about the unfair competition from drivers who use their yellow cars as pirate taxis, risking the safety of passengers,”...
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The Ministry of Public Works begins road repairs on the Bridge of the Americas today. Eliecer Broce, the Ministry’s Director of Inspection, said that scraping the asphalt and patching the road will take at least a month and a half. Drivers can expect heavier traffic although workers will break from 4 a.m. to 9:30...
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Robbers hit a United States citizen’s home in Tonosi, making this the third robbery in less than three months in the quiet rural area of the Los Santos province. A police report confirmed that the thieves took off with around $6,000 worth of fishing equipment while the home owner was out. In the previous...
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