Faced with the rising cost of gasoline, Panama taxi drivers are proposing to install meters to regulate fares. Taxi union leader Augustin Prado says the meter will help provide a better service and incentivize taxi drivers to accept fares instead of refusing them the way they sometimes do when they don’t feel like driving...
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Panamanian investigators are following the trail of a serial taxi rapist who has attacked at least five women in recent weeks. After receiving a number of complaints from women, including university students, the Sex Crimes Division of the Judicial Investigation Office has a detailed description of the attacker and estimates that they could apprehend...
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A cleaning crew found the remains of a right foot in the beach area behind the Punta Paitilla Union Club. Police and Judicial Investigation teams are investigating, Telemetro reports. The Union Club was founded in May 1909 as a ritzy social club at No. 20 Avenue Eloy Alfaro with Eduardo Icaza as the head...
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Authorities discovered a bunker containing weapons and drugs in two abandoned Parque Lefevre residences. Bunker items included AK-47 9-millimeter ammunition, 7 presumed drug packages and a tear gas bomb. Ten people were arrested. TVN Noticias reports.
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Ten people were killed this week by either firearm, knife, machete or blunt instrument in Panama. La Critica put together a list: On November 7, Juan Miguel Ramos, age 27, was stabbed 20 times in Valle del Sol, Arraijan District; Borbua Armando Santiago, age 23, was shot twice from a moving car at 10 p.m....
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