Flags fly as taxis gouge

FLAGS of over 50 Nations represented at World Youth Day were hoisted on Panama’s Cinta Costera on Monday January 21, and others were seen in the streets of the capital as pilgrims strolled the streets.

By early evening there was only one police report of a robbery of a pilgrim (by a minor in Tocumen) but multiple reports of gouging by taxi drivers circulated on social media.

Photo shows President Juan Carlos Varela and Vice-president and Chancellor Isabel Saint Malo.