Killed over a Banana – Omar Rodriguez, age 51 and also known as Hormiguita, died Thursday at his home in Cerro Viento, San Miguelito. He was savagely beaten by a local bodega owner over a banana, La Critica reports. Unconscious, he was taken to a nearby medical center and subsequently released but died after...
Work on a new corridor to connect three major avenues starts Monday as part of the Ministry of Public Works’ efforts to ease traffic congestion in Panama City. Roads will be cut from Via Brasil to Ricardo J. Alfaro Avenue (Tumba Muerto) to Simon Bolivar Avenue (Transistmica). The Ministry of Public Works says that...
Drivers will be fined for transiting on the shoulder of the road as of today, Friday, says the head of the Transit and Ground Transportation Authority Jorge Fabrega. Shoulder driving is what led to traffic chaos on the Bridge of the Americas last Tuesday, according to both Fabrega and the Minister of Public Works,...
Minister of Public Works Federico Suarez is calling for drivers to use the Centenario bridge instead of the Bridge of the Americas. The bridge is partially closed for two years to allow urgent repairs for serious structural issues. Suarez says that for every four cars that uses the Bridge of the Americas, only one...
Four dead on new year’s day - Police found four bodies around a burned car early on new year’s day in sector number 4 of Pacora. Witnesses say they saw a car fly by around 3 a.m., chased by a second one. The victims were identified as 30-year olds Domitilo Estrada Rodríguez and Gilberto Samudio,...
