Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli said Tuesday that the trial against him for allegedly collecting bribes from Brazil’s Odebrecht is “rigged” and affirmed before a crowd that he is willing to have his “balls cut off” if he is proven guilty. This occurred in the middle of the preliminary hearing in the Odebrecht case in […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, Erika Mouynes, said on Tuesday that the United States has not yet “not” given the country a date to review the trade promotion treaty (TPC) and the tariff relief of sensitive lines, so they are advancing a strategy before that meeting takes place. “ We formally raised the […]
The Ministry of Health (Minsa), assured that it will no longer be necessary to request the QR and swabs from travelers entering Panama, as part of the sanitary measures established to control the pandemic. This determination is due to Executive Decree No. 122 of September 14, where the National Government eliminates some sanitary provisions established […]
The project, which dates back more than 15 years, is 90% advanced in its environmental impact study, the manager of Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. (Etesa), Carlos Mosquera, said. He also indicated that both countries were able to define the route and the environmental corridor through which the power line will pass, which will allow […]
“We are working to position ourselves as an ideal destination among companies from countries that wish to strengthen the supply chain,” said Panama’s Minister of Commerce and Industry (MICI), Federico Alfaro Boyd, during his first work tour in the city of Colón. He stressed that the logistics infrastructure offered by the Atlantic coast contributes to […]
Wabtec Corporation received an order to supply 300 half-height platform screen doors across Metro de Panama’s L3 monorail stations being built by Hitachi Rail, as part of the Grupo de Empresas Sunrise Monorail. It marks Wabtec’s first project in Central America. The order is part of a project creating an entirely new 25km monorail line, […]
Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo announced the implementation of the executive decree establishing the “Citizens’ Commission against Corruption.” The commission members “will be able to file complaints before the Public Prosecutor’s Office, special prosecutors or other instances, for possible punishable acts against the public administration,” according to a statement by the president on Twitter. Two representatives […]
Dutch officials have agreed to repatriate hundreds of Indigenous artifacts to an archaeological museum in Panama. The announcement on August 29 claimed that the 343 pre-Hispanic ceramics held in storage at Leiden University were sent to the Museo Antropológico Reina Torres de Araúz in Panama City, where they will soon go on permanent display. In […]
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Panama has recorded 290 homicides so far this year, up 19.3 percent from the same phase in 2021, 47 cases, a report by the Ministry of Public Security said today. According to the head of that portfolio, Juan Manuel Pino, the reduction in these crimes responds to actions taken to neutralize networks associated with drug […]