(NewsroomPanama) Hot on the heals of the thumbs down from to the Panama’s new municipal tax plan the Ministry of Public Works(MOP) has hit the city in the pocket book, by ordering the removal of illegally sited bill boards. There are nearly 9,000 across the country, many of them in Panama city that have proved a cash cow for the municipal treasury. If the signs without … [Read more...]
Panama Health Ministry hires foreign doctors
(prensa.com) Vergara said the Health Technical Council made a "rigorous" review of the credentials of the specialists, who will begin working in the next two weeks. The doctors will be assigned to hospitals in Las Tablas, Chitré, Veraguas and Penonomé. They are from countries such as Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia. Vergara made … [Read more...]
Bolivar Palacios in top five for Pokerstars Carribean Adventure
(PokerstarsBlog) 4:10pm: In case you didn't hear the screaming in Panama In one of--if not the biggest--pots of the day, Bolivar Palacios got 1,485,000 all-in pre-flop against Max Lehmanski. The hands: Palacios: A♣K♦ Lehmanski: T♠T♥ It's always the river. Isn't it? The first four cards were rainbow babies, but the river hit as the K♥. The normally laid-back and … [Read more...]
Panama water treatment still not at full capacity
Charcón has become the place where residents of San Antonio and Victoriano Lorenzo No. 2 come daily, in the absence of water-bathing and washing clothes and utensils. LA PRENSA / Gabriel Rodríguez 1494332 (prensa.com) The hope of the residents of the city of Panama, now Chilibre drinking water plant was working at 100% capacity, vanished. The high … [Read more...]
Panama restrict boombox use at Los Santos beaches
(prensa.com) Eudocio Pérez, Mayor of Los Santos, said that all mobile units that want to park on the Monagre and Rompío beaches, will have to obtain a permit issued by the municipality in order to do so. "Those who come with their loud music without permission, will be punished," asserted the official. Pérez said that what is to be avoided is that the excessive … [Read more...]