The World Bank on Friday approved a $3.51 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support the Ministry of Environment’s (MiAmbiente) program to strengthen its capacity for biodiversity conservation and increase the adoption of inclusive and biodiversity-friendly practices in selected rural areas of the country. Through a press release, the World Bank quoted…
The authorities evacuated around 35 people in Tierras Altas, in the province of Chiriquí due to the heavy rains that are registered in the area due to the indirect impact of Hurricane Julia. The families were transferred to the shelter set up at the Paso Ancho School for prevention. The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc)…
He appeared with former President Ricardo Martinelli at a political event in Capira The politics are getting more and more intense. Deputy Yanibel Ábrego seeks to dethrone the president of the Cambio Democrático (CD) party, Rómulo Roux. He appeared with former President Ricardo Martinelli at a political event in Capira. He met with 11 CD representatives, deputies,…
The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, declared a state of emergency on Friday to respond to the arrival in recent months of thousands of immigrants and asylum seekers, many of them sent on buses by the authorities of the state of Texas. Adams explained that the city expects to spend at least $1 billion…
The former president of the Republic and president of the group Realizing Goals, Ricardo Martinelli, was in the district of Capira. Martinelli accompanied the deputy for Democratic Change Yanibel Ábrego in a gathering with bases from her collective. CD deputies, the district mayor and representatives participated in the gathering. Martinelli, in front of the CD members,…
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro will face each other in a second round of the presidential elections, since neither candidate has exceeded 50 percent of the votes in this first round that was held this Sunday in Brazil. With 97.07 percent of the votes counted, Lula da Silva, leader of the Workers’…
The route that the ‘queen of coca’ traced through Panama Ana María Cameno created a structure to launder money from drug trafficking, through transfers to Panama. The Spanish blonde, who identifies herself with a tattoo that she has on her arm with the eyes of a woman and a tiger, has become a drug trafficking legend….
The prescription of crimes and money laundering in the Odebrecht case The structure of the money laundering offense requires a predicate offense, which in the Odebrecht case has prescribed. In this analysis, lawyers debate whether it is necessary for the preceding crimes to be in force to be able to convict for money laundering ByAdelita…
OP ED: “JB” As Panama is my “HOME”, and has been for quite some time, I encourage those “tweeners” of Ex-Pats to take the same stance that if you are RETIRED and spend the majority of their time here should become more involved in the political process. With all of the aspects that one can…
Case of crime against wildlife of male Pavón in Tortí is clarified COURTESY MYENVIRONMENTThe male Curassow species while being captured. (Illustrative) Thursday, September 29, 2022 – 6:50 a.m. Ireland Sotillo irlanda.sotillo@elsiglo.com.pa MiAmbiente sends explanatory note about viral video about illegal hunting of the bird known as “Pavón macho”. The Ministry of the Environment welcomes the call…
