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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Motorcycle riders in Panama now have to wear reflective jackets. Executive degree 949 was passed on December 1 and enacted into law two days later in Gaceta Oficial No. 26673-B. The law requires all drivers and their passengers to wear reflective jackets, use directional signals and leave front and back lights on while circulating. In...
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According to official statistics released by the Comptroller General’s Office, one person from the Republic of Kiribati entered Panama through Tocumen International Airport this year. Kiribati is a small island nation located in the tropical central Pacific Ocean which gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1979 and became a full member of the...
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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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Casco Viejo’s La Merced church has a 788-year-old bell. The church and convent was first erected in what are now the ruins of Panama Viejo but was moved stone by stone to Casco Viejo after pirate Henry Morgan’s devastating 1671 sacking. As part of a restoration effort, Panama’s National Institute of Culture invited Manuel...
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Colombian national Blanca Donado became the first woman to receive Panama’s new maximum prison sentence of 30 years late Friday night. Donado was convicted of the December 13, 2007 murder of lawyer Juan Carlos Dudley. Donado’s accomplice, Melanie Narvaez, also Colombian, was sentenced to 28 years in prison. Panama’s revised penal code, published on...
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