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Tolls, booth ride into sunset on Arraiján-La Chorrera highway

  The Ministry of Public Works announced that tolls have been eliminated on the Arraiján-La Chorrera highway and has ordered the demolition of the toll booth.  The decree was published in the Gazette and a certified copy sent to the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the country's transportation authority, ATTT. The document, dated June 22, pointed to the need for measures such as the repeal of the toll to mitigate the effects of the current economic downturn on trade and transportation in the ......


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Japanese volunteer to help finance metro project

The Japanese government has expressed interest in financing the metro project planned for Panama City, as reported yesterday by Masatoshi Wakabayashi of the special envoy of the Emperor of Japan. Wakabayashi and fellow diplomats met yesterday with the country's new president, Ricardo Martinelli, Minister of the Presidency Jimmy Papadimitriu and Public Works Minister José Suárez. "For Japan the most important thing ...

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President Torrijos bids farewell

Long faces, tears and wistful smiles marked the final legislative session yesterday in the National Assembly and President Martín Torrijos and First Lady Vivian Fernández' official departure from the Palacio de las Garzas yesterday. Rubén Blades' song "Patria," or "Homeland" played in the background as the Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD) head-of-state bid farewell to his supporters ...

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New administration reviews Coosemupar dilemma

President Ricardo Martinelli said that the economic problems surrounding the banana cooperative Coosemupar must be resolved as soon as possible and indicated that the government may not continue compensating its 2,800 unemployed workers wages for lost wages while a solution is sought.   "I understand that there is an international company interested, but the important thing is to change attitudes, stop fighting and sit down to talk ...

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Former Major Leaguer returns to home base as national sports director

Ex-Major League player Omar Moreno steps up to the plate as the new director general of the Panamanian Institute of Sports (Pandeportes) yesterday, when he received  the keys to the office from outgoing director Ramón Cardoze and became the first erstwhile athlete to assume this charge.   Moreno, who was nominated as head of national sports entity May 12 by Ricardo Martinelli, said he took on the job so as to ...

 

 

 


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