Deputy Foreign Minister Francisco Alvarez de Soto resigned on Wednesday. He said that his decision has nothing to do with the designation of Fernando Núñez Fábrega as the new Foreign Minister, but instead cited personal reasons for his decision and thanked President Ricardo Martinelli for his confidence. A lawyer by profession, Alvarez de Soto was appointed…
President Ricardo Martinelli has publicly requested the resignation of Transit and Ground Transportation Minister Ventura Vega because the Metrobus cards were not ready for the start of the school year. “We cannot allow for these inefficiencies that should have been resolved long ago,” he said. Deputy Director Roberto Moreno will be in charge of the…
An electric outage knocked out power to many areas in Panama on Monday afternoon. Blackouts were reported in Alcalde Diaz, San Francisco, Marbella, Ancon, Betania, El Dorado, Punta Pacifica, Rio Abajo and Casco Viejo in Panama City, as well as in La Chorrera, Cocle, Chiriqui, Los Santos, Herrera, Changuinola and Veraguas. The Chilibre water plant also…
The National Environmental Authority is investigating an illegal fire on Isla Cañas. The 2,060-acre island is a wildlife refuge located off the coast of Tonosi in the Los Santos Province. It is home to 825 people and the ridley, hawksbill, loggerhead, channel and black turtle species. A spokesman for the environmental authority said that…
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius visited Panama this week as part of a five-day visit to forge closer and lasting ties with Latin America. During his two days in Panama, Fabius visited with President Ricardo Martinelli, visited the Panama Metro – whose trains are being manufactured by Alstom in France; met with the Panama Canal…
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