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Officials asked City Manager Eric Batista to draft the ordinance last year.

Ricardo Martinelli was president of Panama from 2009 to 2014. He was found guilty of money laundering in the purchase of a publishing group with public funds in 2010. The 71-year-old must also pay a fine of 19 million dollars. Martinelli rejects the allegations and can still appeal the sentence. The billionaire and supermarket magnate won the presidential election in 2009 with the promise to take action against rampant corruption in the country. But after his tenure, the Panamanian judiciary investigated numerous scandals in which he was involved.

WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - The City of Worcester is launching a new program that utilizes mental health professionals in crisis situations as a new way<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/worcester-launches-mobile-mental-health-crisis-team-to-respond-to-emergencies-with-counselors-clinicians/">Read More</a>

The City of Worcester has just made it easier for you to report some issues quicker and with more transparency with their new 311 App. City Manager Eric Batista stopped by the Pike studio to tell us how it works. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qpPKUDq-qjA

The city says the trees must go as part of a $2.8 million project that replaced underground water, sewer and drainage lines on Newton Avenue North.