Meco, China Railway Group and Construcciones Civiles Generales are three of the companies that took part in a preview visit to the Line 2 Branch project, which will connect the Higher Technical Institute of the East with the Tocumen airport. Metro de Panamá reported that the companies that participated in the preview visit were the […]
Panama striker Luis Tejada confirmed prior to a national team training session that he would retire from international play after the Canaleros’ (Canal Men’s) maiden World Cup appearance. The player for Peruvian club Sport Boys told reporters on Friday that he had made the decision because there are a lot of young players waiting in […]
Panama coach Hernan Dario Gomez believes his side have qualified for their first World Cup earlier than they should have done and is limiting his ambitions to putting on a dignified display. Unlike in most Latin American countries, football does not have a strong tradition in Panama and it lagged behind boxing, baseball and basketball […]
Negotiations over a free trade agreement between Panama and China will begin in July, Panama’s trade and industry minister said on Friday, just a year after the two nations established diplomatic relations. The first round of talks will take place in Panama City, and negotiators are expected to name technical teams that will be charged […]
He was imprisoned last year for allegedly using public money to spy on more than 150 political rivals during his 2009-2014 term. Former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli, jailed in Miami on spying charges while awaiting extradition to his home country, said in a letter released Friday that the United States reneged on promises from some […]
A spokesman for former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli says the ex-leader is dropping his legal efforts to fight extradition from the United States to Panama. Luis Eduardo Camacho confirms that Martinelli shared his decision through a handwritten note from jail in Miami. Panamanian authorities want to prosecute the 66-year-old Martinelli for embezzlement and espionage he […]
Susie and I revisited Isla Palenque last week and we got to see the newly opened casitas just down from the Las Rocas Bar which now has a hugely expanded lounging deck, swimming pool, dining area and full commercial kitchen to serve 30 plus people . The developer, Ben Loomis has added these amenities on […]
In the first two days of Expo Mivi, a fair dedicated to the sale of affordable housing in Panama, $29.7 million was negotiated in the approval of 566 housing units. inShare From a statement issued by the Ministry of Housing and Land Management Expo Mivi 2018, a real estate fair designed by the Ministry of […]
Plans are underway to build, in a 3,200 square meter lot in Bella Vista, Panama City, a 62 story building for residential and commercial use. The company DAO Panama Development, S.A. submitted an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) to build a mixed building of offices, shops and apartments. The project is called “DAO Panama”, and will be […]
Panama has no plans to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem even though it holds that west Jerusalem is part of Israel, its President Juan Carlos Varela told The Jerusalem Post. “Panama is keeping the embassy in Tel Aviv,” said Varela, whose three-day trip to Israel from Wednesday to Friday was sandwiched between […]