A report by the United Nations Office for Project Services, which analyzed the contract for the so-called City of Health in 2016, leaves no doubt how poorly conceived this work was, since its inception, which will end up costing hundreds of millions more than expected. And it is so, because its construction was the perfect […]
The Panama Canal authority has put out a call for bids on a $2 billion package of water supply projects aimed at combating a drought that affects the fresh water lakes that supply the canal’s locks The Panama Canal authority has put out a call for bids on a $2 billion package of water supply […]
The Panamanian government and Israel’s Innovation BaseCamp company will collaborate on a high-tech park project aimed at transforming Panama into one of Latin America’s leading countries in terms of innovation. BaseCamp was behind the development of the Gav Yam Negev high-tech park in Beersheva and various projects in other countries. Recently, BaseCamp has taken a role in running Klika […]
Nelson Diaz fries empanadas in his home kitchen to be delivered across Panama City. In Venezuela, he was a pharmacist, but in his new home country, food sales earn him just enough to pay rent and send a little to his mother back home. (Photo by Chloe Jones/Cronkite Borderlands Project) In Venezuela, Nelson Diaz worked […]
More on the subject from Newsroom Panama. In the midst of a social and economic crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic, Vice President, José Gabriel Gaby Carrizo and Presidency Minister, José Gabriel Gaby Carrizo justifies the spending of $10.3 million) in rental of 251 cars for officials of the Presidency. He said the tender was a […]
Newsroom Panama posted this OP-ED article. The Ministry of the Presidency manages the rental of 251 vehicles for an amount greater than $ 10 million. Under less pressing circumstances, this hire wouldn’t be so outrageous. But our officials seem to forget that we are in the midst of a pandemic, that tens of thousands of […]
Selected projects will secure five-year power purchase agreements and will have to begin commercial operation on January 1. Panama is holding the auction because of the effects of Covid-19 on its power system. The government of Panama has outlined the rules for a renewable energy auction to be held next month. Resolution MIPRE-2020-0015448 was published in the […]
Panama’s public services regulator Asep has canceled the provisional license for a large-scale solar park planned for Panamá province. The license for the 100MW Camarones project was held by Fotovoltaica Sajalices which had filed a request for additional time to submit documents required for the definitive license. The watchdog rejected the extension on the grounds that it was the developer’s fifth […]
Duperat Laurette fled Haiti after her country’s massive 2010 earthquake, making her way first to the Dominican Republic, then Chile and five years later to Panama, all with the dream of reaching the U.S. and finding a job to help support 14 siblings left behind in Haiti. The coronavirus finally stopped her. Panama, the slender […]
Water supply issues have plagued the Panama Canal for years. When rainfall is limited and nearby lakes begin to get low, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has to implement draft restrictions in order to keep the canal running, limiting the amount of cargo vessels may carry across the canal. Now, just four years after the […]