New solar panels will give five communities in the Azuero Peninsula’s western highlands electricity for the first time. This rural electrification project affects 27 families in the communities of El Tallo, La Pita, Posa Verde, La Higuerona and El Pifa. The lack of road access in this region has made it impossible to establish...
Water was cut to various Panama City sectors when a 16-inch tube broke along Via Fernandez de Cordoba. Abilio Pitti, head of the city’s National Institute of Aqueducts and Sewer Systems said that the rupture occurred early Wednesday morning, adding that it is the responsibility of a subcontractor working on Line 1 of the...
The Ministry of Public Works is expressing its support for a marine viaduct as an alternative to the controversial Cinta Costera extension that would ring Casco Viejo. During a presentation on Friday, Carlos Ho, director of the ministry’s special projects, said that the viaduct remains one of three options under consideration. The other two...
The Cabinet has approved a $2.398 billion budget for the 2012 fiscal year, or $292.6 more than in 2011. Romulo Roux, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Authority Board, said that this is “the largest budget in the history of the Canal and includes greater revenue for the State.” The...
Despite any objections, President Ricardo Martinelli confirms that the highway will wrap around Panama’s historic Casco Viejo neighborhood. Panamanian delegates met with Unesco’s World Heritage Committee last week in Paris and agreed to wait on the expansion of the highway known as the Cinta Costera to allow an international panel of experts to review the...
