The National Women’s Institute and the National Assembly are working on implementing the use of electronic bracelets for abusive men and women. The bracelets use global positioning technology that alerts police when violent offenders try to cross into restricted zones. The system has proved useful in other countries, and Panama hopes that it will...
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Remodeling Parque Urraca
Mayor Bosco Vallarino says the goal of the $4.975 million Parque Urraca remodel is to create “a first world plaza.” Across from the Miramar hotel off Balboa Avenue, the park project includes plans for a $1.150 million cybernetic fountain, a $95,015 picnic area, a children’s park, an amphitheater and ping pong tables, among other...
Panama City Weekend Water Cuts
There will be no water service in a big part of Panama City for 24 hours starting tomorrow morning. Water will be shut off from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday as follow-up to the October 29th Panama Metro Line work and water cuts. Affected neighborhoods include Bella Vista, Betania, San Francisco, Pueblo Nuevo,...
Deaf University is Coming
Gallaudet University announced that it will establish a new international center in Panama to promote higher education for the deaf and hard of hearing in the Latin America region. Panamanian Ambassador to the United States, Mario Jaramillo, and T. Alan Hurwitz, president of the Washington, D.C.-based university, signed a five-year memorandum of understanding at...
No Water for Capital on Saturday
Water will be cut to most of Panama City on Saturday, October 29 for the installation of the city’s new mother water line. According to Abdiel Cano, Director of the National Institute of Aqueducts and Sewer Systems, one of the principal valves will be shut off at 6 a.m., and work could last 14...
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