National Assembly hiring all askew
Civic and business organizations rejected the increase in funds, by more than 600%, in three budget items used to hire personnel managed by the deputies of the National Assembly (AN) . These are items 02 (temporary staff); 080 (trusted staff) and 172 (professional services contracts), which went from $ 5 …
Takin a little siesta.
by James “JB” Bryson Hello site visitors and email friends, I will be a bit out of pocket over the next few days. Driving up the coast with the wife for a few days with stops in El Valle, and then onto Santa Catalina. Hope to have a few …
Increasing numbers of public debt released
The balance of the public debt rose to $ 23 thousand 673 million in the first quarter of 2018, reported the Public Financing Directorate . The figure represents an increase of one thousand 710 million dollars compared to the balance one year earlier. In March 2018, the Government received disbursements …
Subsidy approved for the SUNTRACS strikers
The Single Trade Union of Construction and Similar Workers ( Suntracs ) continued this Friday, May 4 with the granting of the strike subsidy to the workers who started this measure since April 18. + info $ 9 million, disbursement that Suntracs must assume in two weeks of strike Varela …
Feeling effects of Strikes
by James “JB” Bryson I can’t speak for all of course, but we have been feeling the effects of the recent strikes and protests that have been taking place for the past week. Reminding me of the time the wife and I were in NYC during the “Occupy Wall …
Criminal complaints to be filed today against Carles
To the magistrates, according to the norm, also corresponds to send the file with the recent failure to the electoral public prosecutor JUDICIAL Two criminal complaints will be filed today against the Labor Minister, Luis Ernesto Carles, after magistrates of the Electoral Tribunal, through a ruling, sanctioned the dismissal that …
Suntracs strike expected to go into late May
They go 14 days of the unemployment and still, Capac and the workers, they do not reach an agreement CONFLICT The strike that has paralyzed 95% of the construction works in the country, could extend beyond May 15. This is because yesterday the Secretary General of the Single Union of …
ACP and tugboat captains to meet today
Members of the Commission for Public Infrastructure and Canal Affairs of the National Assembly urged the directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and captains and mariners of tugboats to seek an understanding of the conflict between both parties. The transit through the neopanamax locks was interrupted on April 12 …
Deaf population of Panama still facing big challenges
In Panama, through Law 53 of November 30, 1951, the Panamanian Institute of Special Enabling (IPHE) was created, with the objective of empowering young people with mental retardation, deafness and blindness in the School of Special Education, the School National of the Deaf and the School of the Blind, respectively. …
Uber service extension rejected
Carriers leaders yesterday expressed their rejection of the Government’s decision to allow an extension for six months (until October 31, 2018) so that operators of technology platforms such as Uber can cash in for the service provided. Carriers object to the modifications made by the Ministry of Government to Executive …
Hospital de Chitre to send non-urgent cases to polyclinic for care
Those who do not require immediate attention will be attended from 7:00 in the morning to 3:00 in the afternoon The Social Security Fund (CSS) reported that as of Wednesday, May 2, 2018, all patients classified as “green”, according to the Triage system, who attend the emergency service of the …
Real Madrid reaches its third straight final
One of the best matches in the modern history of the Champions League, an emotional classic, which left nothing to the imagination. They were 90 epic minutes, with drama, with suffering and the maximum expression of resistance against the desire to win despite adversity. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich gave …
Ayala to be denounced before the Supreme Court
The questioned modification presented by the deputy of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), Roberto Ayala, to bill 53, with which the so-called “legislative shrimp” was introduced to repeal Law 2 of February 10, 2015, continues to generate criticism and actions legal The lawyer Ernesto Cedeño today filed a complaint with …
Young people in Panama finding it harder to get a job
When it comes to finding a job , young people have the most difficult task. Be men or women, live in Panama, London or the United States. In the Panamanian case, it is estimated that each year about 70,000 young people intend to enter the labor market, according to official …
Crimes of animal abuse will result in jail time starting May 2
On Wednesday, May 2, prison sentences against people who commit a crime of animal abuse begin to apply . This was recalled by the organizations Spay Panama, Angels of Animals, Foundation San Francisco de Asis and Patas y Pies, and a group of independent rescuers who celebrate this validity. People …
List of 20 candidates sent to Supreme Court
The Executive sent the list of 20 candidates to the Supreme Court POSTULATIONS After a lot of waiting, the Executive Body forwarded the purged list of the 20 aspirants to the magistracy of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ). Only two will be chosen magistrates (one for the criminal chamber …
Rice farmers ask for 10 million in government incentives
Next May 15, rice producers nationwide will have five and a half months of not receiving the payment of $ 7.50 per quintal that is part of the National Agreement for Agro, which dates from 2014 and will add $ 10 million to that date. Given this fact, the members …
1.5 million flu vaccines arrive in the country today
A total of 1.5 million tetravalent vaccines against influenza will arrive in the country today, confirmed the Minister of Health, Miguel Mayo. The doses that the State acquired this year from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have a cost of $ 5.60 per unit, representing an investment of $ …
March on Labor Day
A group of people marches, the morning of this Tuesday, May 1, from the Porras Park to the Plaza 5 de Mayo, to commemorate the Day of the Worker. + info Suntracs agrees to maintain strike in the construction sector Prior to the march, a mass was held in the …
Electoral registry for 2019 elections
In compliance with the General Elections Plan, the Electoral Tribunal (TE) reported that it carried out this Monday, April 30, 2018, the closure in the country of the electoral registry, for the next electoral tournament of 2019. This step was completed after two years of debugging and updating this …
Eyes wide open for appointments of 20 candidates for CSJ
by James “JB” Bryson Little bit of a late post for me here, but I for one am going to be doing my own due diligence on the persons that comprise the 20 newly named candidates for the CSJ. In Panama, this is the Commission for the State Pact …
10% of slaughterhouses need veterinarians
There are 350 of these professionals in the country, but one thousand 200 are required RISK The responsibility of monitoring the quality of the meat consumed by the Panamanian is on the shoulders of only 350 veterinarians in public entities. The shortage of personnel is notorious, according to the president …
Panama needs to create 30,000 jobs a year to maintain good unemployment rate
The country needs to generate 30 thousand jobs a year to maintain a healthy unemployment rate INTERVIEW The vice-minister of Economy, Gustavo Valderrama, focuses the fall of unemployment and retail consumption in the lack of specialized labor and a projection of the business sector based on the growth of the …
Panama leads the region in office building investments
Panama is the country in the region that concentrates the largest investment in office building projects with $ 900 million, this based on the commercial intelligence area of CentralAmericaData. According to the business platform, 117 environmental impact studies (EIA) were presented in Panama between January and December 2017. Next is …
Gorgas Memorial Instititute pleads for new campus
The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (Icges) is a center for research and prevention of diseases inaugurated in August 1928, which over the years has become the reference laboratory of Central America. At present, the institution has established challenges, ranging from the construction of a new Gorgas Campus, the …
National Assembly faces harsh criticism
The wave of criticism for lack of transparency, the inclusion of a “goal” at the last minute and the emergence of a new political alliance that, for the first time in this quinquennium, changed the correlation of forces in the National Assembly were some of the facts that marked the …
Aphrodisiac takes Panama to new heights in the entertainment world
In 2016 they won the Silver Gaviota of the Viña del Mar Festival PRIDE! A group that has taken the name of Panama very high, is ‘Afrodisiac’, who brought in 2016 the Silver Gaviota Viña del Mar Festival to our homeland. Many want to know more details of them so …
River flooding affected pipeline leading to water restriction
Several sectors were left without water CONSEQUENCES Residents of different neighborhoods located on the Tocumen road were affected by the supply of drinking water since last Friday night. The lack of this resource occurred when a 42-inch pipe was blocked, due to residues that were washed away by the heavy …
Almost 4300 people diagnosed with HPV between 2016 and 2017
This virus causes more than one type of cancer, according to the authorities. In Panama, since 2016 the vaccine has been applied to male children DISEASE Take care of the human papilloma (HPV), because a man infected with this virus can infect his sexual partner even when he has no visible …
Consumer complaints surpass 14 million dollars in the Acodeco
Consumers affected by different reasons in the commercialization of goods and services presented 894 complaints for a total amount of $ 14,940,163.00, to the Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition Authority (Acodeco) during the first quarter of this year. The administrator, Oscar García, said that the attention of the complaints …