As mentioned last week, Messi brings out “everyone” in first LA visit

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/deportes/futbol/230904/messimania-sacudio-angeles Last night’s match between LA FC and Inter Miami of Major League Soccer (MLS) was not just any ordinary game. Despite the fact that this game was marked in red on the billboard, it was also an opportunity for different personalities from the entertainment industry to see striker Lionel Messi live. The city of Los…

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Panama recognizes the role climate chnage is having on the Canal

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230904/panamenos-reconocen-cambio-climatico-afecta The Panama Canal is facing a crisis due to water shortages. The Panamanian recognizes that affectation. The Gismo Services, SA survey, published monthly in La Estrella de Panamá, revealed that 81% of Panamanians agree that climate change is already affecting the operation of the Panama Canal. According to the survey, 37% of Panamanians fully agree…

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Florida has to assess damage after Hurricane hits west coast of the state

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/internacional/america/230831/florida-evalua-danos-paso-idalia-avanza-sudeste-ee-uu My family luckily avoided a hit from this storm as it passed Southern part of the state. But every year fingers are crossed. To all PNO Ex-Pats that might have been affected, heres hoping all get back to normal soon.  Florida began this Thursday, August 31, to assess the damage caused by the devastating…

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A little late to the party here Ricardo? Duh. Just say corrupt as Holy Hell

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230831/ricardo-lombana-hay-gente-asamblea Don’t go out on a limb or anything here…….”people in the Assembly should be in jail”. No shit Ricardo Lombana was the big surprise in the 2019 presidential elections, after obtaining an honorable third place with 368,962 votes, having surpassed the candidate of the then ruling Panameñista Party, and being a presidential candidate for…

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Martinelli has not even started campaigning, and slimy Gaby is full blast

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230831/martinelli-carrizo-siguen-empate-tecnico As I have championed the voice of the working class before, Martinelli, who has been hunted like no other of the scheming Presidents of the past, has done his tme. Was exonerated. His children. done their time, paid back kick back funds, and also exonnerated in US courts, is still leading in early polls….

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ODEBRECHT: Still up to their neck in shit. Is progress really happening?

http://elsiglo.com.pa/internacional/fiscalia-colombiana-imputa-cargos-10-exfuncionarios-corrupcion-odebrecht/24233815 On August 17, they announced that they would charge more than 50 people The Colombian prosecutor’s office charged ten former officials of the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI), implicated in alleged irregularities in a contract with the Brazilian company Odebrecht for the construction of the Ruta del Sol II highway, as announced two weeks ago. The defendants, as…

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Indigenous Panamanians: So often overlooked are trying to be a part of tourism

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/230830/indigenas-ngaebe-bugle-apuntan-turismo-mostrar-preservar-cultura A traditional ritual with smoke and purified water allows visitors to enter the forest or houses in the Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous communities of southern Costa Rica, where their inhabitants are beginning to see tourism as an opportunity to showcase and preserve their culture. and to generate income. Nearly 3,200 Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous people live in some…

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Tocumen continues to expand into recognized International airport

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/230830/s-p-global-ratings-mejora-perspectiva-calificacion-aeropuerto-internacional-tocumen#google_vignette The risk rating agency S&P Global Ratings changed the outlook from negative to stable and confirmed the ‘BBB’ rating of Tocumen International Airport, SA (AITSA), the entity reported this Wednesday, August 30. Tocumen’s credit evaluation incorporates the support of the Panamanian government, an aspect that the rating agency considers will be maintained in the…

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As discussed in US debates: Illegal Immigration may be #1 problem of the world!

Happening in Panama right under our noses each day. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230828/snm-traslada-migrantes-varados-chiriqui-26-agosto-ingresaron-4-mil-provincia In order for a group of migrants to continue their journey to the Paso Canoas border sector and then cross the border with Costa Rica, the National Migration Service (SNM), in the province of Chiriquí, coordinated their transfer with the National Police. The operation to…

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