The water treatment plant Federico Guardia Conte, is working 100%, after completed the repair work on a pipe of 18 “that on Tuesday afternoon had presented a break in the area of ​​Gonzalillo. The information was confirmed by the Institute of National Aqueducts and Sewers from its official Twitter account. …

President Nicolás Maduro warned the Lima Group on Wednesday that he will take tough diplomatic measures if he does not rectify his position on Venezuela in 48 hours, on the eve of assuming a new term of six years, whose legitimacy does not recognize that bloc. Latin American and Caribbean …

President Juan Carlos Varela, announced on Tuesday in the province of Colon the creation of a Task Force and a search block to deal with crime. Varela said that this Task Force will be made up of all the State security agencies, so that Colón maintains the same security figures …

OP ED: by James “JB” Bryson In the past we covered the haphazard logging operations that were occurring in the Darien region. What makes this region even more challenging is the location it serves as a possible conduit of illegal trafficking and smuggling between Panama and the Colombian borders. A …

The Tocumen International Airport with an index of 91.11% was awarded the On Time Performance Airport 5 star award, as the most punctual medium-sized airport in the world, according to the British aeronautical analysis consultant, Official Airline Guide (OAG), after evaluating the performance of global punctuality during the year 2018. …

After 2018, with projected growth of around 4%, the most moderate in the current decade, projections indicate that the country’s economy will rebound at rates above 5% in the short and medium term. MEF: Panama is set to return to the FATF gray list Debt grows $ 2,710 million Panama’s …

The deadline for the submission of signatures for the candidacies for the free application closed yesterday, in the middle of a bitter dispute for the third place in the race for the Presidency. Ricardo Lombana and Dimitri Flores are fighting for that position. Yesterday, Lombana presented 26 thousand signatures – …

The legal defense of former President Ricardo Martinelli intends to shield him with a new electoral criminal jurisdiction in the case that he is followed for allegedly ordering to spy on the communications of at least 150 people. Martinelli presents new appeals before the Court Victims: failure confirms that Martinelli …

OP ED: James “JB” Bryson-  He will have to read it on Monday as he took a bunch of buddies to Key West for a Friday “conference”.  All coming back the same day.       The president of the National Assembly, Yanibel Ábrego , sent a letter of protest to …

Now that they have control of the House of Representatives , Democrats are preparing an ambitious electoral reform to limit the influence of money on politics. Democrats approve plan to reopen US government United States opens a Congress hostile to Trump in full ‘closure’ The proposal, among the first to …

The year 2019 started with a new clash between the Comptroller’s Office and the National Assembly. Assembly concludes extraordinary sessions without ratification of judges General Comptroller suspends payment of payroll 002 The comptroller, Federico Humbert , annulled more than 500 checks corresponding to the salaries of officials who work for …

by James “JB” Bryson So in the spirit of giving, my visiting family did a bang up job of giving me the flu. So apologies for the stagnancy on the site over the past few days. I do however, love the fact that I can get everything I need with …

OP ED: by James “JB” Bryson As I bring 2018 to a close on the first year of being online with PANAMA NOW, I reflected on how much time and effort I placed into examining and let’s face it “criticizing” a Varela Administration that I honestly feel is flawed to …

The maneuverability of the Tocumen International Airport will be put to the test to receive a large part of the participants in the World Youth Day (WYD), which will run from January 22 to 27. Currently, in the hours of greatest demand (4:00 pm to 6:00 pm) the operation of …

OP ED: by James “JB” Bryson A necessary step and actually shocking that the government does not have the ability to get out of bed with these pre-existing agreements with such a dangerous and sullied enterprise. Tocumen, SA will expand the scope and amount of the fourth addendum to the …

The Minister of Economy and Finance, Eyda Varela de Chinchilla , asked the National Assembly to restart the debate on the bill that increases tax evasion to criminal offense. Assembly concludes extraordinary sessions without ratification of judges They close extraordinary sessions without key projects “I ask the National Assembly to …

The country is practically immersed in the electoral process towards the general elections of 2019 and various sectors of society begin to toughen their protests and claims towards the government of President Juan Carlos Varela. On the one hand, Customs officials paralyzed the customs activity earlier this month, claiming a …

The team of lawyers of former President Ricardo Martinelli , imprisoned in El Renacer while being investigated for spying on communications from at least 150 people, has had several changes in recent months. Ex-prosecutors Dimas Guevara and Cristóbal Arboleda , for example, stopped being members of the group for several …

In St. Peter’s Square, in the Vatican, before tens of thousands of pilgrims, dressed in a white dagger that held a cincture at waist height, Pope Francis held yesterday the message Urbi et Orbi (at the city ​​and the world), which did not let escape the difficult situation that exists …

by James “JB” Bryson While we are not quite a mover and shaker in the world of the internet blogosphere at the moment, we are very thankful for the people that visit our site on a daily basis. We have a core group of followers or around 210, but when …

The Ministry of Government (MinGob), attributed Friday the transfer of the former president of the Republic, Ricardo Martinelli, to the Santo Tomas Hospital, to the refusal of the exmandatario to perform studies and ambulatory medical examinations, as planned, at the National Hospital . Through a statement, the ministerial body indicated …

The Venezuelan government agreed Thursday on the expulsion of a Colombian consular official as a reciprocal measure to a similar action that Bogotá agreed against an employee of the Venezuelan Embassy in that city, an action that further cracks the strained relations between the two countries. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge …

President Donald Trump gave the green light on Thursday to a bill that seeks to limit the access of the Government of Nicaragua to international funds and sanction the countries that assist the Central American nation. Dictatorship of Daniel Ortega expels the IACHR from Nicaragua Nicaraguan journalist denounces police chief …

Ricardo Martinelli, former president of the Republic, was transferred at dawn on Friday, December 21, to the Santo Tomás Hospital amid complaints from relatives, lawyers and supporters. Martinelli is transferred to the National Hospital; will undergo medical exams Martinelli – detained in El Renacer jail for the case of the …

The First Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime carried out a joint operation with the Directorate of Judicial Investigation in which approximately 26 people were arrested related to the damage of about $ 3 million against Banistmo. The prosecution charged the detainees, who worked in the bank, for financial crime. The operation …

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is in a “terminal crisis”, without direction and with the economy collapsed after eight months of protests, while leading the repression against human rights organizations and the media, he said in an interview with the AFP Carlos Fernando Chamorro, journalist critical of the …

The story is repeated for José Mourinho : the charismatic Portuguese coach, unable to stay more than three years on the benches of the great European teams, left “with immediate effect” Manchester United, said on Tuesday the prestigious English club, in the midst of an unprecedented sports crisis The richest …

The results of a public opinion study that measured the intention to vote with a view to the presidential elections of May 2019 place Laurentino Cortizo as the favorite at this time. OPINION STUDY Cult Advertising requested consultation of intention to vote for 2019 Laurentino Cortizo was the candidate with …

La Estrella:   The Supreme Electoral Court of Bolivia authorized more than 3,000 precincts throughout the country for the militants of the eight presidential binomials to vote in the primaries, prior to the 2019 elections, said that electoral body yesterday. According to a communiqué from that court, 3,751 electoral precincts …

Former president Ricardo Martinelli yesterday declined his aspirations to become a potential running mate – as vice president – of Rómulo Roux , presidential candidate of Cambio Democrático (CD) for the 2019 elections. Formula Martinelli-Roux, the controversy takes the campaign of Democratic Change Roux and Martinelli would be political formula …