Bouquete hit with a fine for flouting  bio-security rules

The Bouquete mayor’s office has been slapped with a  $5,000 fine for breaching Ministry of Health bio-security rules.

Originally the office had arranged with the Ministry a folkloric walk in the Domingo Médica park (in a controlled area), which ended up becoming a parade through the streets of the district with the assistance of five independent bands “and a perimeter was not established for the verification of the vaccination card or QR code,” said the Ministry.

According to mayor Joswar Alvarado, he complied with the permits issued two months ago for the activities that were held on the 26th, 27th, and 28th.

“I did not do anything that was not authorized by the regent of the province of Chiriquí,” Mayor Alvarado in a tweet.