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UPDATE: Yvonne Baldelli’s Ex-Marine/Ex-BF Named Person of Interest in Her Disappearance in Panama
April 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Sunday, Panamanian police said they are looking to missing American, Yvonne Baldelli's former boyfriend, ex-Marine Brian Brimager as a person in their case to find her. continue reading »
An American in Panama: Yvonne Baldelli, 41, Missing After Trying to Start New Life in Panama
April 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
The FBI has now joined the search for an American woman who went missing 5 months ago shortly after moving to Panama with her boyfriend. After being laid off from her job at Proctor and Gamble, 41-year-old Yvo continue reading »
REPORT: Brazil, Nicaragua & Panama best Suited to Attract Low-Carbon Energy Investments
March 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Brazil, Nicaragua and Panama have the most suitable environment for climate-related investments in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a preview of the Climatescope 2012, an upcoming report continue reading »
Panama Improves Ability to Respond to Natural Disasters with $100 Million Standby Loan
March 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Panama will substantially improve its ability to respond to natural disasters with a $100 million Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) standby loan. continue reading »
Secretary Janet Napolitano to Visit Latin America
February 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar, and Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin will travel to Latin America. continue reading »
Panama Being Urged to Find Peaceful Solution to Escalating Tensions with Indigenous People
February 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
An independent United Nations expert on indigenous rights called today on the Government of Panama and the country’s indigenous groups to establish a dialogue process to stop the recent tensions and violence from escalating after recent protests. continue reading »
Colombian Spy Chief Currently in Panama Will Not be Extradited
February 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Panama rejected on Friday a request from Colombia to extradite former spy chief Maria del Pilar Hurtado, who faces charges in Bogota over an illegal wiretapping scandal. continue reading »
California Business Extradited from Panama in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Case
January 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Joseph Randall Medcalf, 55, was deported over the weekend by Panama to the United States after being arrested late last week in Panama continue reading »
Charges in Panamanian Drug Ring that Hid Coke and Heroin in Hair Weaves and Wigs
December 24, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Twelve individuals from the Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland – and the country of Panama – have been charged in a 20-count indictment alleging international drug trafficking. continue reading »
Manuel Noriega Arrives in Panama, Starts 60 Year Prison Sentence
December 12, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Former strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was extradited from France, has started serving more than 60 years in prison in Panama, with officials assigning him continue reading »
Panama Awaits Former Dictator Manual Noriega’s Return, Some Twenty Years Later
December 11, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Panama is awaiting the arrival Sunday of former strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was extradited from France and will be taken immediately to prison to serve the sentences handed down to him on various convictions. continue reading »
Infamous Kennedy Airport Killer Deported to Panama, Served 34 Years in U.S. Prison
November 17, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
A former lawful permanent resident, who was once an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy, was deported Wednesday to Panama. He had killed two people during a 1977 hostage continue reading »
Pastport: Panama Follows Actress/Singer Tatyana Ali on an Emotional Journey
November 5, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Tatyana grew up in a household that spoke Spanish and fully embraced Panamanian culture, often indulging in the country's food, music, and dance. However, Tatyana knew continue reading »
¡Felicidades! Panama on Your 108th Year of Independence
November 3, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Today, all of Panama is celebrating and rejoicing its 108-year old independence when it separated from Colombia and had earlier in its history broke away from Spain. continue reading »
Panama Asks UN to List Certain Woods As Endangered
September 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
The Governments of Madagascar and Panama have requested the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to list 91 hardwood species in an effort to curb the increase in illegal timber trade by enabling verification of legal origin under CITES standards. continue reading »
Panama Spends $250 Million on Coastal Radar System to Stem Drug Trafficking
September 14, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Panama’s Vice Minister of Public Safety has announced the country spent $250 million to stem drug trafficking in the country and to specifically avoid having the drugs enter Panama’s borders. continue reading »
Panama to Strengthen Its Fiscal Management and Obtain More Public Investment
September 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
With a $50 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Panama will strengthen its fiscal management to help raise public investment through a sustainable increase in tax revenues and improved efficiency and transparency in public expenditure management. continue reading »
Los Rakas is Rockin the Bay Area (VIDEO)
September 5, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Los Rakas is originally from Panama. They came to the US in their teens with their “camisetas bordadas” or fly embroidered tank tops. But now the two cousins are making it big with their own twist on continue reading »
Panama to Improve Health Services in Indigenous and Rural Areas
September 2, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Notitas de Noticias
Panama will revamp its primary health care system and improve maternal, neonatal and chronic disease care with a loan of up to $50 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
Church Concerned About Rising Violence Against Women in Panama
May 25, 2011 | by Agencia Fides | Notitas de Noticias
Concerned about the high number of women in Panama killed by their husbands or partners or former partners, the Archbishop of Panama, Mgr.José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, urged the authorities to enforce the law more effectively and priests to address the issue of domestic violence as a transversal issue in all catechesis. continue reading »
