Development and environmental protection: a political dilemma The Government is promoting two road projects that have resulted in the destruction of forested areas and the questioning has come to the fore. There are those who consider it inevitable. Others, which is part of the inconsistencies in government policy ALWAYS THERE WILL BE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT OBLIGUATE…
OP ED: So no engineering firms in US, UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, etc. Apparently just China and Odebrecht. The feasibility study for the establishment of a rail transport system between Panama and Chiriquí “is basically finished”. Chinese President will visit Panama from December 2 to 3 Know the 25 agreements agreed between Panama and China…
by James “JB” Bryson So it has been quite a busy year since we first went “live” earlier in 2018. And while I personally have been quite pre-occupied with many of the things that are “wrong, askew, questionable, off” or downright “criminal” over here in Panama since making it my new home…….I have much to…
The publication Lonely Planet highlighted Panama in the fourth position among the top 10 countries in the world to visit in 2019. “Welcome to the crossing of the Americas. In Panama, the north meets the south at a tropical biodiversity festival held at a world-class BioMuseo. The east meets the west through the growing global…
Carlos Herrera Morán and Mitchell Doens , defense counsel and victim, respectively, in the case of the punctures, revealed that former President Ricardo Martinelli offered up to $ 75,000 to the plaintiffs as part of a compensation agreement for the victims. Oydén Ortega issues draft ruling in favor of Martinelli Martinelli approaches victims of punctures…
OP ED: James “JB” Bryson- Look at my PNO.com archive about the decisions of the “Opus Dei” President of Panama Varela. I am not even in the need to type more. I am all over this stuff. US Vice President Mike Pence criticized China on Friday for convincing Panama, the Dominican Republic and El…
Peruvian President Alan García appeared today at the office of prosecutor José Domingo Pérez to answer for the bribes paid by the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in the construction of Line 1 of the Lima Metro, during his second Government (2006-2011). Garcia arrived today in Lima, from Madrid, and immediately went to the headquarters of…
A report from the Intelligence Unit (UI) of The Economist projects the future president of Panama to the candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), Laurentino Cortizo. The document entitled ‘Nito Cortizo becomes the presidential candidate of the PRD’, dated in September, reveals that his past as businessman and center-left legislator gave him the necessary…
The Fifteenth Criminal Court admitted an nullity incident against the investigations of former ministers Lucy Molinar (Education), Roberto Cohen Henríquez (Presidency), Guillermo Ferrufino (Social Development) and Jaime Ford Castro (Public Works), as part of the investigation by the grain sale with funds from the extinct National Aid Program (PAN). Scandal in the National Aid Program:…
The Camino de Cruces National Park, in the village of Ancón, has more than 4 thousand hectares of primary forests, which over time have been disappearing to make way for construction projects not only private, but also state. Its creation dates back to 1992 and constitutes one of the basic pillars for the functioning and…
