New Authority Created To Manage Garbage Collection
(Panama-Guide) The Executive branch of government - at a national level - has decided to create the Authority of Urban and Household Cleanliness as a solution to the garbage collection crisis in Panama City. This was confirmed yesterday by a source at the Presidency of the Republic who also revealed that the decision was adopted during the last meeting of the Cabinet, on Wednesday. Thus, the collection service and residential municipal waste, a task that until now has been managed by Panama City Mayor Bosco Vallarino, will now be in the hands of an authority that will be attached to the national level Executive, president Martinelli.