MISSION COMPLETE – 33 CHILEAN MINERS RESCUED – NEAR TRAGEDY TURNS FAIRYTALE

October 13, 2010 TOP STORIES No Comments

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PHOTO CREDITS: HUGO INFANTE/GOVERNMENT OF CHILE

UPDATE
October 13, 2010
08:12 pm

MISSION COMPLETE !!

ALL 33 MINERS RETURN TO THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH

WELCOME HOME

UPDATE
October 13, 2010
13:40 pm

19 miners rescued!

UPDATE
October 13, 2010
13:10 pm

18 miners rescued!

UPDATE
October 13, 2010
11:43 am

17 miners rescued!

UPDATE
October 13, 2010
10:32 am

15 miners rescued!

Rescue Operation is FLAWLESS.

Chilean Champagne begins to FLOW!

October 13, 2010
08:12 am
Editor

With surgical precision, Chile along with a hand-picked international team pulled off a masterful rescue of the first of 33 miners trapped for more than 69 days some 2,000 feet below the surface of the earth.

As the world held it’s breath, one by one, 12 mineros emerged in high spirits and looking like movie stars.

Highly coordinated rescue efforts continue.

A North Korean anniversary and debut

October 12, 2010 PHOTOGRAPHY, TOP STORIES No Comments

North Korea is in the midst of a series of large-scale events designed to both commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers’ Party, and to introduce heir apparent Kim Jong Un to the North Korean people and the world. Current leader Kim Jong Il is now 69 years old and ailing, and has now positioned his twenty-something son, Kim Jong Un, as his successor through recent military and party promotions, and through media coverage of him by his father’s side. Many western reporters were invited to these performances, though their freedom to cover events was still limited by minders. Collected here are images from the recent highly-orchestrated events in Pyongyang, and the “young general” Kim Jong Un. (33 photos total)

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North Korea leader Kim Jong Il’s son Kim Jong Un is photographed as he attends a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation’s ruling Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Kim Jong Un’s recent public prominence and promotion have signaled him as the heir apparent to his ailing father’s ruling position in North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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9/11 in 2010, Remembrance and Rebuilding

September 14, 2010 PHOTOGRAPHY, TOP STORIES No Comments

Last Saturday, September 11th, people all over the United States and the world took time to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania nine years ago. Progress on the rebuilding of Ground Zero in lower Manhattan is now becoming more evident as One World Trade Center topped 36 stories recently, on its way to 1,776 feet by 2012. The building, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, is now growing at a rate of one floor per week, after years of political, security and financing issues plagued the $11 billion multi-building project. A push is underway in both New York and Pennsylvania to complete memorial projects before next year’s 10th anniversary. Collected here are photos from this weekend’s memorials and of the rebuilding progress so far. (42 photos total)

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Two-year-old Luke Pavlenishzili, riding on the shoulders of his father George Pavlenishzili, offers a rose to New York firefighter Joe Huber, who was standing at the reflecting pool at ground zero during a memorial service commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Chang W. Lee)

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Trapped in a Chilean mine

September 9, 2010 PHOTOGRAPHY, TOP STORIES No Comments

Over a month ago, on August 5, 2010, the roof of the San Jose copper and gold mine collapsed, trapping 33 miners inside, 700 meters (2,300 ft) below ground near Copiapo, Chile. The fate of the miners was not immediately known – it took 17 days before a drill reached their refuge, discovering them alive and well. Rescue work began immediately, but even with several concurrent plans underway, the quickest likely rescue will still take two to three months. Until then, the 33 men will have to endure high temperatures and humidity in isolated conditions. A video link has been established, many relatives have set up camp nearby, and food, air, messages and supplies are delivered by several narrow boreholes. Fluorescent lights with timers are to be sent down to attempt to keep the men on a normal schedule by imitating day and night as they care for each other and assist in their own rescue. Once it reaches them, the diameter of the rescue borehole will be very narrow. so each miner will have to ensure they have a waistline of no more than 90 cm (35 in) to escape. (42 photos total)

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Relatives wait outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

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David Airport Poised For Makeover?

September 8, 2010 LOCAL NEWS, PANAMA, RETIREMENT, TOP STORIES, TRAVEL No Comments

September 8, 2010
Editor
The Boquete Times

Accordng to Anthony & Margo Arauz over at DAV Direct, big jets are going to be roaring into Enrique Malek airport (DAV) in David, Panama in the very near future.

Apparently Copa Airlines and Air Panama are behind closed doors negotiating a strategic alliance that will open the jetways from 45 destinations outside Panama directly to Tocumen International Airport then on to either David or Bocas del Toro with a single ticket.

The following architectural renderings lend credence to all the buzz.

Sweeeet!

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You can view Antony and Margo’s website here.

Check out more architectural renderings of the face lift here.

LET FREEDOM RING – HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

July 5, 2010 TOP STORIES No Comments

G20 Protests in Toronto

June 29, 2010 PHOTOGRAPHY, TOP STORIES No Comments

Last week, leaders of nations from both the G8 and G20 gathered in Ontario Canada, for meetings in in Huntsville and Toronto. Canadian authorities planning for the event spent an estimated $1 billion, mostly for security. Tens of thousands of protesters descended on Toronto, looking to have their voices heard on a broad range of issues, from indigenous rights to anti-capitalist ideals, to human and animal rights, and much more. Many peaceful marches took place throughout the weekend, but on Saturday, a small group of “black bloc” anarchists became violent, smashing storefronts and burning several police vehicles. Harsher tactics and more arrests by the 20,000 police officers deployed to Toronto soon followed, although many of those arrested were released from a temporary G20 detainment center soon after. (42 photos total)

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A protester with gas mask and camera participates in a standoff with a line of riot police on Bay Street during the G8 and G20 Summits, Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Earthquake in Chile

February 27, 2010 PHOTOGRAPHY, TOP STORIES No Comments

At 3:34 am local time, today, February 27th, a devastating magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. According to Chilean President-elect Sebastian Pinera, at least 120 people are known to have been killed so far. The earthquake also triggered a Tsunami which is right now propagating across the Pacific Ocean, due to arrive in Hawaii in hours (around 11:00 am local time). The severity of the Tsunami is still not known, but alerts are being issued across the Pacific. As this is a breaking story, I will be adding more photos to this entry, as warranted, throughout the day. (24 photos so far)

Cars lie overturned after the highway they were travelling on was destroyed in an earthquake in Santiago February 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Marco Fredes)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE BOQUETE TIMES

January 1, 2010 TOP STORIES No Comments

EDITORIAL – Climate Summit

December 21, 2009 TOP STORIES No Comments

Saturday December 21, 2009
The Editor

As the publisher and editor of The Boquete Times I want to firmly establish my stance on Climate Change.

The time to act is now! Believe it or don’t, we are at the crossroads.

I urge you to support the proponents who fight for change. Do anything and everything you can to reverse this disastrous trend.

Salvage our planet for you, for us, for your children!

Tell us how you feel in our comment section. Tell us how you perceive climate change – is it real or contrived?

Tell us what you are doing to affect change. Tell us what you think we can do reverse the affects of global warming.

In conjunction with the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, I will be posting awareness ads front and center everyday until I exhaust the supply.

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