The River Basin Committees of Chiriquí Province toured a controversial rock and gravel extraction site today in Paso Ancho. A Ministry of Public Works engineer defended the project while some residents and members of the committees said they worried that aggressive extraction efforts had weakened the banks of the Chiriquí Viejo river, making it more … Read more
Here’s what Gemini, Google’s AI tool, says about the sign placed outside the rock and gravel extraction site in Paso Ancho: The MiAMBIENTE Resolution DM-0510-2024 does not explicitly authorize the commercial or industrial extraction of rocks and gravel for road repairs. Based on its official text and scope, the resolution is a set of provisional … Read more
Children in the Tierras Altas district celebrated Earth Day on April 22nd while workers were dredging a river just 5 kilometers away. (Haga clic aquí para acceder a la versión en español de este artículo). Environmental activist Laura Pedreschi asked how this was possible. “Explain to me why, on Earth Day, near Paso Ancho, on … Read more
El Coloso Nace el coloso entre brumas y frío, donde el Cerro Punta toca el cielo, desciende el bravo Chiriquí Viejo, bañando de esmeralda su suelo. Caudal que canta en Tierras Altas, fuerza pura, impetuoso río, horadando entrañas con su brillo, en el recio suelo chiricano mío. Adiós a la falda del volcán, adiós a … Read more
Heavy equipment operators today continued removing tons of rock and gravel from the Chiriquí Viejo River as part of a controversial project that environmentalists say is causing irreparable ecological damage to the river. (Haga clic aquí para acceder a la versión en español de este artículo). The Ministry of Commerce and Industries, or MICI, authorized … Read more