Carnival exodus up 67 percent

SOME  85,807 vehicles  carrying 450,000 people  had set  out from Panama City by 8 am on Sunday Feb,26,on the tortuous crawl to the interior of the country, for Carnival celebrations.

The  Transit Authority (ATTT), said that the figure was up 67 percent over that for the same period in 2016.

Meanwhile the capital city was blissfully free of traffic jams.