Hard to believe after I have been calling for 5 years for the Government to TRULY INVEST REAL MONEY into the Bocas region that this occurs.  For an area that is one of the gems of tourism for this country, it still has a POS airstrip and next to nothing …

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/internacional/america/220519/presidente-caf-mundo-frenara-crisis-climatica-latinoamerica The world must understand that any solution to the climate crisis passes through Latin America, a region rich in biodiversity that “can solve the global carbon problem” and take advantage of its digital transformation to create millions of jobs, the president of the Development Bank tells Efe of Latin …

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/220519/guerra-ucrania-frena-recuperacion-economica   The war in Ukraine is slowing down the fragile economic recovery that the world had begun after the covid-19 crisis, the UN said on Wednesday, lowering its global growth forecast for this year from 4% to 3.1% and warned that the deterioration may end up being even greater. …

https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/fiscalia-nueva-york-sostiene-que-hermanos-martinelli-linares-no-cooperaron-de-buena-fe-la-investigacion-n5710358   The District Attorney for the Eastern District of New York responded to a letter dated May 13 sent by the lawyers of the brothers Luis Enrique and Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Linares , to federal judge Raymond J. Dearie, who is leading this process. IT MAY INTEREST YOU: New …

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There has not been much that I have agreed with under the leadership of Cortizo. Yet I find it refreshing he is taking a measured and intelligent approach in these uneasy economic times to gather more information on this “made up” money of Cryptocurrency. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/220519/cortizo-negara-firmar-proyecto-ley-regula-criptomoneda During his participation in the …

Carrizo is nothing more than a young, handsome, robot that leaves a snail trail of slime with anything he touches. Does anyone remember the money he stole at the beginning of COVID????   If not, look it up.    https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/politica/220516/martinelli-cae-cortizo-sube-carrizo In the secret ballot simulation, if the presidential elections were held …

With me focussing on much about Panama that bothers me,,,it is refreshiong for me to re-post a view of another person that paints a different picture. This is a great article by a very informed author.    https://www.travelawaits.com/2753566/why-panama-is-perfect-destination-for-early-retirees/ I am an early retiree who chose Panama as my retirement destination, …

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/220517/juez-bocas-toro-denunciado Despite the call to the administrative authorities and the process presented in the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Judge Eric de León, from Bocas del Toro, still admits a case of domain acquisition prescription promoted by Bastimentos Holdings, S. Judge of Bocas del Toro is denounced for corruption related to land …

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/220516/panama-alcanza-24-129-casos-activos-covid-19-reporta-nueva-defuncion Panama reached 24,129 active cases of covid-19 this Monday, after 1,799 new positive cases were detected and 8,403 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, which translates into a positivity of 21.4%. Juan Díaz, Bethania, San Francisco, Rufina Alfaro and Penonomé are the areas that register the …

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https://www.prensa.com/judiciales/aqui-la-version-traducida-al-espanol-de-las-notas-de-la-fiscalia-de-nueva-york-al-juez-del-caso-de-los-martinelli-linares/   In 10 days, the brothers Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares will know the sentence that corresponds to them, after having pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder $28 million in bribes from Odebrecht , using the US financial system. The United States calculates that the Martinelli Linares have laundered $58 million in …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/220509/casos-activos-covid-19-panama-incrementan-13-732-reporta-1-fallecido?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Panama maintains 13,732 active cases of covid-19, after registering 1,359 new positive cases this Monday, May 9, so according to the Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) positivity reaches 22.4%. In addition, the report detailed that in the last 24 hours there was a death due …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/internacional/mundo/220506/papa-dice-guerra-sentido-ucrania-amenaza-mundo-entero?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Pope Francis assured today that all wars are “cruel and senseless”, but that the one that has been raging for more than two months in Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion “has a larger dimension and threatens the entire world”. “Even before the pandemic ended, the whole …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/220509/conectividad-marina-pieza-clave-gobernanza-oceanica-regional?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Panama bets on marine connectivity as a determining factor for ocean governance by providing oceanographic, demographic and genetic data to the international community that allows, with a solid scientific base, greater coordination and joint work for the conservation and sustainable use of the sea. “At COIBA AIP we study connectivity …

https://elsiglo-com-pa.translate.goog/cronica-roja/achacan-desaparicion-tres-mujeres-chiriqui/24199926?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_sch=http José Atencio was apprehended on November 25, 2021, in Guacá Arriba in David José Alberto Atencio, 47 years old, arrested for his alleged involvement in the crimes of robbery and deprivation of liberty to the detriment of Viviana Lisneth Gallardo, 17, will also be blamed for the disappearances of …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/220503/eduardo-ortega-panama-inicio-quinta?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc With the increase in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, between 700 and 900, everything seems to indicate that Panama is at the beginning of a fifth wave, warned the secretary of the Eduardo Ortega, national secretary of the National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (Senacyt). Ortega explained, during …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/economia/220503/putin-aprueba-sanciones-represalia-conflicto-rusia-ucrania?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree on retaliatory sanctions against individuals and entities in response to their “hostile actions” over the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The measures will be taken in retaliation for “hostile actions by the United States, foreign states and international organizations… that were aimed at …

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/26/energy/poland-russia-gas/index.html Russia has cut off natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, dramatically escalating its response to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the war in Ukraine. Russian state energy giant Gazprom said in a statement Wednesday that it had fully halted supplies to Polish gas company PGNiG and Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz after they refused …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/220427/leve-aumento-nuevos-casos-covid?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Panama registered 744 new infections of covid-19 in the last 24 hours and total up to this Tuesday, April 26, 772,830 confirmed cases. For this Tuesday, one death is reported, for a cumulative of 8,183 deaths and a lethality of 1.1%. The number of people recovered from the disease amounts …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/220427/corrupcion-falta-transparencia-problemas-informe?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc The 2021 Human Rights Report of the United States Department of State regarding Panama, alluded to the lack of criminal convictions in corruption cases which, according to the document, supports the widespread public opinion that the judicial system is susceptible to corrupting influences both internal and external . The …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/220426/detenido-colombia-contable-desfalco-cooperacion-espanola-panama?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc The accounting administrator of the Spanish cooperation office in Panama, allegedly guilty of embezzling at least 4.5 million euros of funds in said office, was arrested in Colombia and brought to justice. The Secretary of State for Spanish Cooperation, Pilar Cancela, this Tuesday morning before the Cooperation Commission of …

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html   U.S. stocks fell sharply on Tuesday continuing a vicious April sell-off after a one-day breather, as investors dumped shares on fears of an economic slowdown. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.9% and retreated more deeply into bear market territory, sitting now 22% off its high. The Dow Jones …

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/220422/panama-recupera-decada-3-cobertura-boscosa From 2012 to 2021, Panama managed to recover 3% of forest cover, going from 65% to 68% of the total, confirmed the Minister of the Environment, Milciades Concepción. The results are part of the findings recorded in the first Map of Forest and Other Wooded Land 2021, which was …

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/internacional/america/220423/desfile-carnaval-rio-festejo-superacion-pandemia-covid Viradouro, champion samba school of 2020, before the covid silenced the party for two years, starred this Saturday in a parade in which he compared the current carnival with that of 1919, the most lively in the history of Rio de Janeiro, since celebrated the end of the Spanish …

https://www-azaharpanama-com.translate.goog/?_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en   Mix Italian, Seafood, Sushi, Greek, and shake the hell out of it, and you have the menu. A little bit of something for everyone.

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/220420/trabajadores-aguaseo-huelga-suspenden-recoleccion-basura-colon?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc As of 8:00 am on April 21, the members of the Workers’ Union of the Aguaseo Company (Sitraseo) affiliated with the Confederation of Workers Trade Union Convergence, report that if an agreement is not reached with the company Aguaseo SA, they take part in a strike and will suspend …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/220421/medios-gremios-panama-redactando-anteproyecto-ley-despenalice-delitos-calumnias-e-injurias?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc At the mid-year meeting of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), the report on the situation of the media and communicators in Panama was presented. During the debate and the approval of the reforms to the electoral law in the National Assembly, the journalistic unions claimed that there should be …

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/politica/220420/sentencia-absolutoria-ricardo-martinelli-ejecutoriada?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Judgment 225/TJ-J of November 24, 2021, highlighted by the Trial Court of the First Judicial Circuit of Panama, followed by Ricardo Martinelli, is duly executed. The information is established in a certification dated April 20 issued by the Accusatory Penal System. Martinelli was investigated for crimes of interception of …

From La Estrella: A call for unity and regional cooperation to face the challenges of irregular migration echoes during the Ministerial Meeting on Migration, which takes place on the Isthmus (April 19 and 20) with the presence of the Secretaries of State and Security from the United States, Antony Blinken …