Starting in 2010, the beige and chocolate-colored National Police uniform will be no more. Martinelli said a change to blue uniforms is necessary because the current uniforms “are awful” and “all modern police forces need to be professionalized,” reports Panama America. An official source adds that the police will be better camouflaged at night...
As of January 2010, the new minimum salary will rise $30 to $95 per month and will affect 250,000 Panamanian workers, the President announced yesterday. “Our government does not want unemployment or inflation, much less poverty,” said President Martinelli. ”This is an increase that honest employers can accept, not those who think only in profit...
Panama’s Copa Airlines has placed an order for two more Next-Generation 737-800s, totaling fifteen 737-800 aircrafts ordered this year. The listed price of a Boeing 737-800 starts at $72.5 million. The new planes will feature Boeing’s signature Sky Interior with modern sculpted sidewalls and “window reveals that will provide passengers with a greater connection...
Panama has awarded a sixth public works project to the Brazilian construction company Norberto Odebrecht – a $11.4 million contract to channel the violent Caldera River in Chiriqui. The company’s Panama portfolio to date includes the coastal beltway and its extension ($241.1 million), the Panama-Colon highway ($283.7), construction of a 5-mile tunnel for the...
Panama security forces will soon test the Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, developed by Israel Aerospace Industries, according the Jerusalem Post. The drone, designed for intelligence gathering and surveillance, would be used in counter-drug operations as well as border security in Panama. Brazil is prepared to purchase $350 million-worth of Heron UAVs in preparation for the...
