Keith Woolford

This guy was apprehended in a submarine carrying 5 tonnes of cocaine.

Try doing the math on the street value of that load.

Considering that escapes from Panamanian prisons are not uncommon, the authorities may have trouble hanging on to this guy.

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I'm looking for a used tower

I have a tower that I will be donating this week. Unsure of specs but it's working.

My daughter has been visiting, and the night before the guy was captured we were staying in some Cabañas in a forested area not too far away from the bridge where they caught him.

Apparently he was traveling through areas north of the highway anyway, but it was more evidence that we’re never far from drama here. 😱

The woman received a call and an apology from the Director of the ATTT after her post went viral.

Of course, he blamed the incident on the contracted security guard, who will most likely be looking for other work.

This woman was not allowed to enter the Transit office in Plaza La Riviera in David.

Skirt too short. 

15 minutes ago, JohnF13 said:

Meanwhile, in Dolega, our ONLY police car is in the shop waiting for a new transmission

Progress.

When I lived there the Police only had a bicycle

Ruta Sur

Ruta Sur

2 hours ago, Dottie Atwater said:

But here in Volcan? There might as well not be ANY laws. The people who are supposed to enforce them are worthless!

Is that a broad, unfounded statement or have you actually sat down lately with the people in charge of animal welfare to assess their capabilities, discuss their work, share knowledge, or offer assistance ?

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rather severe

defining 2 to 3 year prison terms

I am amazed there is no commentary on this important legislation which is yet another step to eliminating animal cruelty and improper care of domestic animals in Panama.

16 hours ago, Frank Spitzig said:

Does anybody know whether the water service would be cut off without notice if one's waster bill isn't paid within a certain time?

The only way that could happen is if the authorities were to close the valve in front of your home which could easily be re-opened or even bypassed

1 hour ago, Brundageba said:

Our home is a lower altitude than those at the entry of the Brisas subdivision.  I was told that those homes at the entry had been totally out for 9 days.

Pushing water uphill to Cabo Ane during periods with little pressure isn’t very successful when it can free flow to homes at lower elevations. Also it doesn’t help that the valve which controls the flow in either direction is set by some residents to favor the lower end of the  Development. The only solution available to me was to install an additional storage tank with level monitoring.

At one point last month after a long outage, service was finally restored at 130 lbs PSI which blew apart my kitchen faucet and one of the toilet fill mechanisms.

Hoping the day comes soon when the new system is online and we have treated potable water service 24/7/365.

John WHO ?

Prison terms of 3 to 5 years for acts of cruelty that causes death to domestic animals

The deputies also approved modifications such as fines ranging from $ 100 to $ 2,000 for incurring abandonment and animal abuse.

Bill 173 that modifies Law 70, which tightens fines and increases prison sentences for animal abuse was passed in the third debate, Monday night at the Plenary Session of the National Assembly.

The document modifies article 241 of the Criminal Code as follows: who, through acts of cruelty, causes death or seriously injures a pet, will be punished with imprisonment for 3 to 5 years. Before, law 70 contemplated imprisonment of 18 to 24 months for these acts of cruelty.

Euthanasia and the slaughter of farm animals are excepted from this standard.

In turn, the document hardened fines for different forms of abuse, such as not providing food and abandoning animals.

These fines are:

Article 16. The offenses established in numerals 1, in cases of minor injuries to a pet, and 2 of the previous article will be sanctioned with a fine of five hundred dollars $ 500.00 to two thousand dollars $ 2,000.00, community work, and the obligation to attend a 40-hour course on animal rights and non-abuse.

Article 17. The faults established in numerals 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of article 15 (abandonment, malnutrition and deplorable hygienic conditions) will be sanctioned with a fine of $ 100 to $ 1,000, including community work, and the obligation to attend a 40-hour course on animal rights and non-abuse.

Article S. Article 17-A is added to Law 70 of 2012 as follows: Article 17-A. Contravene the animal health measures contained in article 10, in its numerals 1,2,3,4,5,7, or in the offenses against domestic animals, contained in article 15, in numerals 8 and 9, of this law , will be sanctioned with a fine of one hundred $ 100 to $ 300.

The bill that now awaits the presidential signature to become a Law mandates the rescue of the animal and its protection in a shelter until it can be in better conditions in new homes. And power is given to any person in the national territory to denounce acts that go against the rights of domestic animals.

https://ensegundos.com.pa/2020/01/28/prision-de-3-a-5-por-actos-de-crueldad-que-causen-la-muerte-a-animales-domesticos/

Not saying she’s a witch but this is the same woman who attacked her neighbors with a broom

You are a force 

The operating expenses of a juvenile correctional facility shouldn’t have to rely on income gained by the labor of inmates.

The issuance of new metal Placas every year is a huge governmental time and money waster at several levels.

* The proposal doesn’t mean that fees won’t continue to be paid annually.

9 hours ago, Moderator_02 said:

the president of the National Assembly, Marcos Castillero, to apply the Code of Ethics to PRD Zulay Rodríguez

I don't think the Speaker in Canada's Parliament or the U.S. Congress would allow this radical's defamatory rhetoric.

3 hours ago, Uncle Doug said:

this is a convenient way to hike fees and blame it on everyone else.

Not unlike the Fuel surcharge on Airfares

Yes, they got sophisticated and added a cashier at the ATTT window which is SO much more convenient.

what was it?

Scheduled Electricity Outage January 8, 2020 

On 12/25/2019 at 1:28 AM, Keith Woolford said:

 

This judge acquits so quickly that he can move through 40% of the high profile corruption trials in Criminal Circuit Courts. 

 

The above Judge sat down for a LaPrensa interview last week for the column "Knockout".

This story followed on December 30th.

Leslie Loaiza, fifteenth criminal judge, refused to accumulate in a single file the summaries followed to the former Minister of Public Works concerning Federico Suárez, for the alleged commission of crimes against the public administration, to the detriment of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP).

This was announced yesterday by the Judicial Branch in a statement. The document detailed that the decision was taken on December 30 through Auto 204.

In recent days Rosendo Miranda, defense lawyer of Suárez, filed a petition so that the case followed by the former minister for alleged irregularities in the construction of the Vía Brasil corridor, section II, work that was done by Spanish construction company FCC, was accumulated in the office of Loaiza, who is handling another process of Suárez, related to the extension of the Via Cincuentenario, work that was done by Odebrecht.

The case related to Vía Brasil is currently under the jurisdiction of the Eleventh Criminal Court. The Fifteenth Court also manages another case of Suárez, which is followed by an alleged cost overrun on Domingo Díaz, a work that was in charge of Ingenieros Civiles y Asociados, S.A. and the construction company Meco.

The Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office had filed an appeal before the court opposing the accumulation of the proceedings. He argued that "the facts and crimes charged are different in time, manner and place.

 Loaiza, this time coincided with the prosecution. He said that the cases do not have the same defendants, together with the fact that they are different facts, committed at different times. "There is no connection between them."

He added that the aforementioned processes are at different procedural moments, and that accepting said petition "would violate guarantees and fundamental rights of the accused."

Controversial

Loaiza has been in the public eye for the treatment she has given to cases where corruption is investigated. He has in his office 40% of the high profile cases in which corruption is investigated. Many of those investigated in these processes have been set free of charge.

In the Knockout published by La Prensa last Sunday, the controversial judge assured, for example, that he has his own definition of peculation, when he states that: “… I have authors who say that for there to be embezzlement economic heritage is referred to. The judges are independent in our discretion.”

https://www.prensa.com/judiciales/juez-leslie-loaiza-le-da-la-razon-a-la-fiscalia-y-no-acumula-casos-de-suarez/

This is the link to the Knockout interview if anyone wants to translate it.

https://www.prensa.com/impresa/panorama/volveria-a-tomar-las-mismas-decisiones-loaiza/

It doesn't take much to bring vehicular movement to a total standstill in Panama City.

The preparation, setup, and teardown for an event of this magnitude will paralyze it for at least two weeks.