Customs officials in the province of Colon detained a shipping container with illegally introduced onions. Although the container’s content was listed as 27,000 kilos of garlic, there was only a layer of garlic masking a large quantity of onions below. Because garlic is not produced in Panama, there is no import tax, but there...
The government’s innovation unit is working to put the Paperless Panama plan into effect. A new system would connect government databases and allow the public to process transactions online instead of waiting in long lines. Transactions will include criminal record requests, water bill balance inquiries and traffic ticket consultation and payment, among others. Implementation...
The Smithsonian Tropical Institute will open a new Summit Park Amphibian Rescue Center in Panama. The laboratory’s mission is to prevent the extinction of a number of species including the endangered golden frog, Panama’s national animal. Since 1980 more than 120 species of amphibians have gone extinct, under assault from the rapidly spreading chytridiomycosis fungal infection....
Woman strangled in Colon – Anabelis Melgar Martinez, age 18, was strangled to death with a towel in a motel room in Colon. Police have arrested her 22-year-old boyfriend for the murder and were surprised to find him in the company of the victim’s sister. Robbers hit Banco Nacional – Armed bank robbers held...
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry denied a real estate company from registering itself as Classy Gay Realty y Diseño. The use of the word gay is the problem according to the ministry documents, which state that the name is contrary to morality. “This is a way of designating men who have the inclination...
National Environmental Authority personnel rescued an over-50 pound caiman crocodile at the Alonso Valderrama airport in Chitre. The crocodile is one of 19 caimans found wandering around the Chitre landing strip over the last five years. It, like the others, was removed from the airport and released into the Cenegon del Mangle wildlife refuge...
