95% of the construction projects remain paralyzed and the Panamanian Chamber of Construction (Capac) requested the vote count to determine if the workers want the strike or not, informed Saúl Mendez, Secretary General of the Union of Workers of the Construction and Similar (Suntracs) According to Méndez, yes, the strike will be overwhelming. This afternoon, the…
The Commission of Credentials, Regulation, Ethics and Judicial Affairs of the National Assembly yesterday filed three complaints, two of them filed against magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) and one against the president of the Republic, Juan Carlos Varela. The first criminal complaint filed was filed by Marco Antonio Manjarrez, the confessed murderer…
Practically, the only virgin entity that remained in our Panama was recently raped by domestic terrorists who attempted, in a very particular and simplistic way, against everything that in more than a century had remained intact: The uninterrupted form of the operation of the Channel. It is incredible how a few henchmen destroyed the credibility…
by John “JB” Bryson April 18, 2018 Similar in tone to my earlier post, with the IMF stating that the Panamanian economy is due to grow above average to 5.6%, it can lead to a false sense of optimism in relation to being able to sustain an influx of immigrants. There are still limited skilled…
James “JB” Bryson April 18, 2018 One story that I have been paying particular attention to other than the many other articles we have been adding is the escalation between Panama and Venezuela, and what type of impact it will have on an already crowded Panama City? When we arrived in Panama, we noticed that…
