Residents of El Chorillo, Santa Ana, San Felipe and Calidonia will be without water from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m today, Sunday. The Institute of Aqueducts and Sewer Systems is repairing a break to a 20-inch tube that supplies these sectors, ruptured yesterday morning by a contractor digging an elevated walkway for Avenida de...
Not Easy Being Green
Smithsonian Breaks Ground on Gamboa Campus
The Smithsonian Tropical Institute broke ground this week on a new research campus in the community of Gamboa. The new campus and world-class laboratory are designed to build synergy and productivity between staff and visiting scents who study Panama’s flora and fauna to increase knowledge of global change and biodiversity. “This investment in Gamboa...
Panama Awarded One Million from Anti-Biopiracy Fund
The Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund has announced its first beneficiary: Panama. The country will receive $1 million to conduct a three-year project at the Coiba Island National Marine Park, exploring the use of plant and animal species in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. Researchers will collect samples of plants, fungi and algae that have...
Los Santos Landfill on Fire
Firefighters are working to control a fire that broke out in the El Colmon landfill in the district of Maracas in Los Santos. According to area residents, the fire started at noon today, Wednesday, and is threatening a nearby protected forest and farmland, La Prensa reports. The El Colmon primary dry forest, set over...
Colon on Toxic Smoke Alert Again
Authorities declared an alert for the city of Colon and the surrounding areas due to the dangerous smoke emissions from the Monte Esperanza landfill. The smoke reportedly affected several sectors of Colon’s reverted area including Arco Iris and Margarita, and people continue to scavenge the landfill, which should have been closed on January 1,...
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