Technology has become so intertwined in our lives that it is hard to imagine life without it. It makes our lives simpler in many ways yet the complexity challenges even the most well informed. The news is full of technology stories that can be confusing, misleading and down right scary at times. Today there is news of more hacker activity and I want to pass along what you need to know in simplest terms.
Equifax Data Breach
The security breach of Equifax happened between May and
This week President Varela visited the Cobre Panama mine site. This is a mega-project with $5.5 billion worth of investment, as much or more as the Canal expansion.
Many mining ventures around the world are run out of Canada and this one is no different. For a time there was a struggle for control of the property and the adjacent Molejon Gold site now belonging to the infamous Petaquilla Minerals.
First Quantum Minerals eventually separated from Petaquilla and succeeded in acquiri
Took Anouk for her physical check-up with Dra. Chely this morning. Remember when we accepted this beautiful Husky about one plus years ago, this rescue dog had some health issues including raw ears devoid of hair because of flea infestation. So bad that Dra. Chely was fearful the hair would never grow back! With the application of medicine and a lot of work on our part Anouk now has clean and "hairy" ears. Per Dra. Chely's instructions we bathed Anouk's feet daily in white vinegar and water to g
As a dog owner, one of the "duties as needed" that comes my way is Yard Poop Cleaner. Doesn't take a lot of time and requires minimum training. These were the selling points to me.
So here I am at my job last week when I walked right by a brown leaf...or so I thought. Circled back and took a closer look. No way! This was a cane toad in my backyard. The second instance of finding one of these critters on our property. I rushed to the kitchen. Searching for a weapon, I grabbed my spray bottle
Very beautiful caterpillar. Very dangerous and bad sting. I found it on a putting green while golfing. We relocated it off of the putting green and hope it survives. I took the picture yesterday and had enough time today to research it and found the name and info.
This article was published in La Estrella as we approach the 29th anniversary of the death of Arnulfo Arias.
Arnulfo Arias and his Controversial Legacy
Considered as one of the key figures in the history of political, social and economic life of the country, much about the ideas and personality of the leader and founder of the Panamenista political party remain unknown.
If there is a character whose political roots were populist, but who was not able to use that advantage to
General Omar Torrijos was a friendly dictator who governed Panama from 1968 to 1981 and is regarded as a national hero.
Today marks 36 years since the death of General Omar Torrijos Herrera
This Monday, 31 July 2017 commemorates 36 years since the physical disappearance of General Omar Torrijos Herrera.
His plane, a De Havilland Twin Otter (DHC-6) of the Panamanian Air Force, crashed close to the Cordillera Central, between the provinces of Cocle and Colon, in the Republic of
Do Portugal Circus at the Feria
in the lot across from the Feria Admin building
Monday - Friday 7:30p.m.
Saturday - 5:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday - 2:00, 5:00, and 8:00 p.m.
Ticket Price $10.00 - with Coupon $6.00
Panama starts to promote "Black Weekend 2017" in Latin America
Tourism authorities of Panama today launched the campaign for the promotion of the first edition of the "Panama Black Weekend", a weekend of macrodescuentos which will take place in September and which is expected to draw at least 25,000 tourists.
The promotion of super discounts weekend will take place in the main radio stations and television channels in different Latin American countries such as El Salvador, Nicarag
Public Ministry Charges 43 Individuals in the Odebrecht Case
Officials at the Public Ministry have been under terrific pressure from civic groups and the press to move ahead with justice in this case. It must have taken thousands of work hours by prosecutors and forensic accountants to put these charges together.
The Brazilian mega constructor is still working for Panama on projects including the Tocumen Airport expansion and the massive Colon redevelopment scheme.
Odebrecht has
When I was a young girl my mother would tell me that the older you get the faster time flies. I would laugh because I was too young to understand. Boy, do I now know what she meant. And I agree........time does seem to go faster as you get older.
Anouk has been with us "and been our dog" for one year this month. Took her to the Animalis spay/neuter clinic, visit to Dra. Chely for check-up and shots, and of course a bath and trim. Then there was the dog obedience training. She has "settled i
It seems like it's been a long time since we've seen any public updates from either of the entities handling emergency incident reports, specifically Alto Al Crimen and Rodny Direct.
Any statistics on the number and nature of calls received and the type of response that was required?
Is the incidence of local criminal activity up or down, etc.?
Bids from 20 businesses will be opened this morning and the contract will be awarded for the purchase of 48 new Ambulances for the Caja de Seguro Social or CSS.
Some of these ambulances will be equipped with 4WD. The supplier is required to provide maintenance for the vehicles and their specialized equipment. The reference price is $6.2 million.
Previous administrations of the CSS leased ambulances.
http://laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/sera-licitacion-para-adquirir-48-am
Our local Deputy in the National Assembly, H.D. Athenas Athanadasias, is proposing legislation which will make jail time mandatory for sexual offenders and perpetrators of child abuse.
There is action on this topic because a man convicted of molesting a 10-yera old in Santa Fe, Veraguas was set to be released recently to do community service instead of his prison sentence. That situation was reversed on appeal.
Expect the Unexpected
When Police were called away and left behind some traffic cones on the highway to Bocas near Chiriquicito, a couple of guys went into business for themselves. They set up a roadblock and were shaking down motorists while wearing vests from the D.I.J.
They were later arrested and found to be members of the 'Kilamanjaro' gang. Two firearms were recovered.
https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/Detectan-falso-reten-Chiriqui-detenidos_0_4809269055.html
Panama to Host Regional Maritime Safety Training Centre
Panama will host a regional center for training in maritime safety, designed with the support of the UN and seeks to instruct for the realization of "risk profiles of the containers that may pose a threat in the field of drug trafficking and fraud", among other crimes.
The center, which could be ready in the first few months of 2018, "is the result of the close collaboration that has kept the International Maritime University
Two of the original six bidders have dropped out of the process which will determine the constructor of the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal.
This map shows the bridge location and how it is part of a larger project to provide better access to the capital from the west.
In 1962, during the JFK administration, the U.S. explored the possibility of widening the Panama Canal by exploding atomic devices. A program called Project Plowshare was looking for peacetime uses of nuclear power.
National Security Action Memorandum No. 152 (dated April 30, 1962, subject: Panama Canal Policy and Relations with Panama) signed by President Kennedy is still in effect. In particular, this memo states that, "The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, will establish within the Plo
"In Panama" is a very fast moving video with some beautiful camera and editing work, imo.
About the Director
Vincent Urban is a director / dp / editor who has been to almost every corner on Earth. He and his friends ship their Land Rover to some place on this planet every year to make visually arresting, fast paced films about the beauty of the world’s cultures.
Over the past 6 years he has pumped out 9 vimeo staff picks chronicling his travels in Asia, Africa, as well as the Amer
Recently I have noticed that prosecutors from the Ministerio Publico in Chiriqui have been appealing the length of prison sentences bestowed upon gang members, as in this case.
At the request of the Anti-gang Superior Court Prosecutor, Third Judicial District Overturns Sentencing Ruling
The Superior Court of the Judicial District of the province of Chiriqui, reformed a sentence for the crime of gang activity that had not been applied to several people in the gang "Niño Divino", then th
