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Mary T,
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Panama: Changes in Energy Tenders
The state electricity transmission company is considering not holding any more special tenders for generators that use renewable resources, which will have to compete with all types of generators.
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Representatives from the Electricity Transmission Company (Etesa) reported that with the modifications that are being made to the law, in future tenders for energy supply will compete with all other kinds of generation forms.
Regarding this situation, last October the Panamanian Association of Business Executives proposed that " ... incentives for thermoelectric generation should compete with renewable generation, we recommend that mechanisms be developed in the law so that it is maintained on an equitable plane for both technologies. "
Gilberto Ferrari, manager of Etesa, told Critica.com.pa that "..." specific tenders will not be given, but the reforms that are being made to the law include the concept that each technology, in direct related to its contribution of pollutants, bear the costs associated with them, which will lead to a leveling out of the environmental burden during the tenders'."
Ferrari added that " ... no more special tenders will be held for generators that use renewable resources and they will have to compete with other alternatives such as thermal ones, in a concurrence of all against all. "https://www.centralamericadata.com/en/article/main/Panama_Changes_in_Energy_Tenders_1
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Varela stalls action on Canal crime suspects
Varela: No time to address ACP directors issue.Post Views: 159President Juan Carlos Varela has still not found time to review the future of two board members of the Panama Canal under criminal investigation but plans to squeeze in a meeting with Pope Francis in New York.Nicolás Corcione and Henri Mizrachi are under investigation for alleged money laundering.
Arriving at a conference on water issues in Panama he dodged questions from media: “I can only speak about water” he said and promised a statement “when I get back from travel.”
Varela is traveling to the United States for the UN General Assembly.
He said he will take the opportunity to see Pope Francis, who is also visiting the US. The 2019 World Youth Day in Panama a likely discussion point and is high on Varela’s agenda. Varela is a member of Opus Dei.
Meanwhile, he wants to talk with other ACP directors “I want a debate because we have to take the decision together” said Varela.
A 1997 law gives the president the authority to fire directors engaged in criminal activity or who do not show up for board meetings for an extended period,
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/varela-stalls-action-canal-crime-suspects
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Foot Dragging Over Fugitive Canal Directors
Corcione and MIzrachiPost Views: 170Two months after promising to evaluate the situation President Juan Carlos Varela has taken no action over the future of two directors of the Panama Canal (ACP) who are under criminal investigationNicolás Corcione and Henri Mizrachi in addition to not fulfilling their functions as members of the board of directors, as they have not attended meetings are being investigated by the Prosecutors against Organized Crime for possible money laundering, in the “New Business” case in the purchase of the Panama America publishing group, reports La Prensa.
Varela promised to obtain a report to know what actions can be taken.
An ACP Law, says that it is the responsibility of the President with the agreement of the Cabinet Council and the National Assembly, to suspend or remove from office those involved in a fraudulent crime or against the public administration.
Corcione and Mizrachi, appointed by ex-president Ricardo Martinelli have not attended meetings for at least eight months.
The Organized Crime prosecutor’s office has asked Interpol for their arrest, as part of the investigation into of money laundering in the New Business case
related to the alleged use of public funds to buy The Panama America publishing group.
According to ACP reports, the last time Mizrachi attended board meetings was
on June 19, 2017, while Corcione appeared on August 10 of that same year.
On December 5, President Varela said that the future of Corcione and Mizrachi would be evaluated. In order to “protect the image and legal structures of the ACP, He said he would request a report from the Presidency legal team.
The National Transparency Authority (Antai) has requested a report of the attendance of Corcione and Mizrachi, It was sent by Antai director Angelica Maytin, to ACP president Roberto Roy, and asked for their attendance records since 2015.
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/foot-dragging-fugitive-canal-directors
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No Carnival Joy Riding for State Vehicles
Post Views: 143Drivers found using State vehicles during festivities will face a $100 fine and if it is a repeat offence they will be fired says a notice from the Comptroller’s office.The notice said that all State cars that circulate during Carnival festivities
must have their current license plate and a copy of the insurance policy and a safe conduct that justifies “with clarity ” the mission you are going to perform in all cases that you use the vehicle outside of working hours.
In cases where defaults are found, the offender will be sanctioned with a fine of $100. If it is a case of recidivism, the driver will be dismissed
The measures must be followed by the three organs of the State, decentralized entities, universities, public offices and other government components, adds the Comptroller
Public entities are advised to approve only “missions that respond to social interest, health or safety, and are related to the work carried out by each institution“
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/no-carnival-joy-riding-state-vehicles
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25,000 security personnel for Carnival
Sinaproc staffPost Views: 181OVER 25,000 men and women will be on duty during the four days of carnival to provide security for revellers, motorists and beach lovers.The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc), will have 1,500 members serving as lifeguards and with prehospital and public safety equipment, and will work in river and beach areas.
María Luisa Romero, Minister of Government, said that everything is in order and they are waiting to get good results with coordination between Sinaproc and the Joint Task Force (FTC).
Sinaproc, Director José Donderis, said that the priority on the eve of Carnival was on ensuring the mobility of thousands of Panamanians moving into the interior of the country,
Donderis said that the important thing during these dates is the designated driver and that a strong control campaign will be in place in all areas, visiting the centers of shows located in Azuero, Coclé, Panama and even in Darién.
“Commercial carnival establishments or individuals who violate the security measures and do not comply with the provision of the permits granted will have the permits canceled and the activity closed,” he added
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/25000-security-personnel-carnival
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Private Hospital Changes Hands
A group founded on Spanish capital has announced the acquisition of the Paitilla medical center in Panama City.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
From a statement issued by Grupo Hospiten:
February 8 .- The Hospiten Group has taken another step in its international expansion policy with the acquisition of the Paitilla Medical Center (www.centromedicopaitilla.com), one of the most prestigious hospitals, best facilities and human resources in Panama, in which a recognized and prestigious group of Panamanian doctors practice.
In this way, the Hospiten Group continues its international expansion by consolidating its position as a benchmark in the provision of medical-hospital services at the highest level. The Group chaired by Dr. Pedro Luis Cobiella, consolidates, with this acquisition, its commitment to Panama where it has had a presence since 2013.
Read full release (in Spanish).https://www.centralamericadata.com/en/article/main/Private_Hospital_Changes_Hands
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The Never Ending Tariff Conflict between Panama and Colombia
The Panamanian government has decided to increase, in some cases by up to 30%, import tariffs on several products, including flowers, cement and bituminous coal, most of which are imported from the South American country.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
According to a Cabinet Decree published on January 10 in the Official Newspaper, the Panamanian government decided to modify several fractions of the National Import Tariff, taxing at 30% imports of roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, calla lillies, astomerias, gladiolas and "flor de confite" (Calyptronoma plumeriana (Martius) Lourteig), which mostly come from Colombia.
Imports of bituminous coal will be taxed at 15%, purchases of white cement at 5%. Added to the list of products with a tariff of 30% are toilet paper and paper towels.
Far from being resolved, the problem seems to be getting more and more complicated. What started more than two years ago with the imposition by Colombia of mixed tariffs on imports of textiles and footwear from Panama has turned into a kind of commercial war, in which both countries are using tariff increases to defend their position. See details of the tariff dispute between Panama and Colombia.
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Martinelli claims he is not a flight risk
Post Views: 268The Ricardo Martinelli “courtroom soap/drama” has entered a new phase as the ex-president’s lawyers seek to persuade a Florida judge that the ex-president who fled his own country, is not a flight risk.Nartinelli has been behind bars for nearly eight months and is seeking bail pending his extradition to Panama, where he is wanted in multiple corruption cases.
His Miami lawyer, Marco Jiménez, has requested a hearing to answer any “concern” or “minimal doubt” that federal judge Marcia Cooke may have, after the Miami attorney’s office warned of “unacceptable risk” of flight if the billionaire ex-ruler is released on bail. The prosecution also maintains that the conditions for a bond are “inadequate.”
The hearing was requested on Monday, February 5. “If the Court considers that there are merits in these arguments, the President Martinelli would appreciate the opportunity to address these concerns and provide the Court with the guarantees it requires “, says Jiménez.
This would be Martinelli’s second hearing before Judge Cooke. On January 23, the former president appeared before the judge, who then denied a writ of habeas corpus in his favor.
Although that day, Cooke promised that the decision denying the habeas corpus would be formalized – in writing – Tuesday, February 6, instead it was announced that the document will be
finally released on February 13, in response to a request for postponement by the lawyers of Martinelli (and to which the prosecution opposed).
Martinelli has been detained in Miami since June 12, 2017, pending extradition. His delivery to Panama was certified by Judge Edwin Torres on August 31. That decision that was examined and supported by Judge Cooke at a hearing held two weeks ago.
Martinelli’s two sons and his former private secretary “Chichi” de Obarrio who fled Panama, have outstanding Interpol red alerts against them.
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/martinelli-claims-not-flight-risk
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Traffic deaths reach 37 as Carnival looms
Post Views: 172AN UNIDENTIFIED woman, aged about 50, hit by a pickup in Linda Vista, San Miguelito, on Tuesday morning, February 6, was the 12th pedestrian to be killed in a traffic incident this year, and the 37th traffic fatality, an average of one a day.
La Prensa cartoonist Low’s take on Carnival
Traffic authorities are concerned that the figure could rise sharply this weekend during Carnival as scores of thousands of vehicles head for the interior for the four-day celebration. There will be strong security measures to monitor speeding and impaired drivers.
Hospitals and emergency will be on green alert.
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/traffic-deaths-reach-37-carnival-looms
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Parents of ex-minister hid $16 million in Andorra
Jimmy PapadimitriuPost Views: 240The parents of Jimmy Papadimitriu, Minister of the Presidency of Panama during the presidency of Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), moved $16 million to banking entities in Andorra.Details of the money laundering and tax evasion scam between 2010 and 2014 were published in The Spanish newspaper El País on Wednesday, February 7.
The information is based on a report of The Financial Intelligence Unit of Andorra, a small state in the Pyrenees with about 78,000 inhabitants.
The former Minister is under investigation in Panama for allegedly receiving bribes from the Odebrecht construction company.
His parents had 45 accounts in the Private Banking of Andorra and the Crèdit Andorrà, two entities from Andorra that in recent years had come under fire because it did not provide financial information to other states.
According to El País, the ex-ministers parents moved several million dollars from different construction companies,
Among them, Panacol Construction Company of Panama which contributed $5 million to the Papadimitriu in December 2012, while they also transferred funds to their accounts from companies such as the Constructora Meco, the Constructora Internacional del Sur, Inversiones del Cono Sur, Meinl Bank and Monterde NG Power.
El Pais notes that the father of the former minister, now deceased, controlled up to 133 Panamanian companies.
In the Odebrecht case, Papadimitriou was preventively detained last year but. following a Supreme Court ruling which resolved a habeas corpus presented by his legal team, he has the impediment of leaving the country without judicial authorization and the obligation to report every 15 days.
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/parents-ex-minister-hid-16-million-andorra
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Ramón Martinelli facing drug charges
Roman Martinelli CorroPost Views: 254A former CD deputy and cousin of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli was arrested on Tuesday, February 6, in the San Francisco district of Panama City.The Drug Prosecutor’s Office has requested a hearing of charges against Ramón Martinelli Corro who was with another man and a Mexican woman and carrying $25,000 when he was arrested while circulating on Via Cinquantenario.
The prosecution is also asking for also requests precautionary measures and the legalization of the arrest.
Martinelli Corro had previously been detained in Mexico for three years from 2009 to 2013 in a case of alleged money laundering. He was acquitted.
The ex-Parlacen deputy was accused of allegedly belonging to a network that was dedicated to laundering money from a cartel of drug traffickers of the Beltrán Leyva brothers, through triangulated operations between Mexico, Panama and Colombia.
After gaining his freedom Martinelli Corro denied that he was a narco mule and threatened to sue the people who accused him, reports La Prensa.
“I am not a mule of the drug trade and that was proven in the trial that was done to me. Now, they will have to answer for their actions, “said Martinelli Corro in March 2013.
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/ramon-martinelli-facing-drug-charges
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Intelligence report fingers Panama suspects
Martinelli sons named in reportPost Views: 300A REPORT released by the Financial Intelligence Unit of Andorra, implicating the parents of ex-Presidency Minister Jimmy Papadimitriu has also cast a spotlight on multiple other Panama companies under criminal investigation.MECO construction company, for example, is one of the companies that appear in the Blue Apple Case, paying bribes to officials to streamline procedures and disbursements reports TVN.
The president of MECO, Carlos Cerda Araya, owns the Mural del Valle company, which appeared in the Panama Papers. The firm Mossack & Fonseca registered a deposit of $1.7 million dollars to the company from the Bahamas.
The Andorra report also mentions Monterverde NG Power. In which Rodolfo Barniol Zerega and José Dapelo Benites appear as executives. Barniol, former president of Petroecuador, and Dapelo were accused of being part of a network of corruption in South America that facilitated the granting of oil fields in 2008.
Both Barniol and Dapelo also appear among the directors of LNG Group Panama, a company that would subsidize Panama NG Power and would have been favored with the concession of a natural gas plant in Isla Telfers, Colón, for 40 years.
The contract was denounced by the energy sector since the company would sell energy at a price much greater than the rest of the market. Panama NG Power, whose main shareholder is Alfredo Alemán, maintains a legal dispute with the Public Services Authority. In December of last year, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the energy company.
Apollo International is a financial services company that received, along with Pyramid Financial Group, $8.5 million of the fees charged by attorney Amador Arjona for advice during the tender process of the purchase of Dehydrated Food in the National Assistance Program (PAN), in which ex-president Ricardo Martinelli is facing charges, and in the Cold Chain.
The company People 1-D and Gold Park Investment Inc., also named in the Andorra report deposited money in the Global Overseas account for the purchase of the Panamá América Publishing House, a transaction investigated in the New Business case.
Select Engineering and Consulting, a company associated with Odebrecht, deposited 75,000 euros in an account of the sons of Ricardo Martinelli.
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/intelligence-report-fingers-panama-suspects
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Comptroller takes heat for lawmakers scam audit
Federico HumbertPost Views: 143PANAMA’S Comptroller General Federico Humbert is under fire over a limited audit of $15 million handed out by deputies which ended in secret accounts without revealing the final destination.Facing concerns from many quarters Humbert has gone to ground and has not responded to questions, reports La Prensa
The criticisms are based on the almost nonexistent revelations that a draft audit reveals about the final use given to the large donations made by deputies some of which took a circular route and ended up in secret accounts of the donor’s office.
It is necessary to , determine whether the donated money reached final recipients and the Comptroller should not just concentrate on the failures of the administrative processes used to grant them” says La Prensa.
“Although the audit is very vague, it reveals how much money the deputies managed, with secret codes that these used to hide their identities when making donations, which largely did not reach their beneficiaries.”
The Comptroller General (CGR) has chosen to remain silent says La Prensa, “He has not explained why he ordered to review only the administrative processes of donations and contracts for professional services, nor the reason why he has not audited the final use of about $15 million that deputies distributed to individuals in supposed donations.
There has been no response to calls, emails and messages – to the comptroller, and his Public Relations Office.
On Monday, Feb. 5, La Prensa published the draft of an audit carried out by the CGR, including a table listing donations managed by deputies with their secret codes and the names and certificates of beneficiaries, and the date and time the checks were changed and in which banks.
Multiple voices repudiated the type of audit ordered by Humbert, which has taken about 10 months.
The report would be a fundamental piece for the Public Ministry to investigate deputies who offered assistance and were left with 95% of the donation check or temporary work contracts, says La Prensa.
Deputy Ana Matilde Gómez, a former Attorney General, said the audit “fell short and “, as what you want to know is the final destination of public funds.
“With a proper audit, the deputy who committed embezzlement could be prosecuted.
“What really interests us is discovering which of those donations were false, how many used figureheads, a person, screen company or a fictitious need so that the money returned to the deputy’s own hands, “said Gómez.
The Panamanian chapter of Transparency International (TI said: “Without the work of the control and oversight bodies, as is the CGR, it is impossible to win the battle against impunity and corruption. … the comptroller asked us for patience but the time for patience has already passed, “said Lina Vega, president of the agency.
In December, TI sent a letter to the comptroller regarding the audits. ” Regrettably, he neither responded nor sent the audits to the Public Ministry “, Vega said.
“It is unjustifiable that almost a year after announcing the start of audits in the Assembly, the CGR has not had the commitment to carry out the work that the country demands.”
Freddy Pitti, from Together We Decide said the comptroller’s office “has mocked the people” by breaking its oversight role. “It seems that it is dedicated to delaying, covering up corrupt deputies.Constitutional lawyer Miguel Antonio Bernal said “It cannot even be called an audit. It is a practice that the comptroller has been implementing to evade the functions of his position.
The Independent Movement (Movin) said the Comptroller has the obligation to deliver the complete audit and reveal deputies who have taken advantage of contracts and donations for purposes other than those originally intended, said its president, Annette Planells.
The Supreme Court granted La Prensa a habeas data on the issue, but the Assembly has ignored the ruling. On another occasion, in a ruling last October, the CSJ granted a habeas data on information of the personnel hired by the deputies.
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/comptroller-takes-heat-lawmakers-scam-audit
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Canal board member cited over illegal contract
Post Views: 214ANOTHER member of the Board of directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), has been brought under the spotlight for alleged illegal practices.The National Authority of Transparency and Access to Information (Antai) is investigating Lourdes Castillo, for her links to the company Pele System, Inc., a company that during the Martinelli administration obtained a contract with the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) to inspect merchant navy ships.
The information became public on Tuesday, February 6 in a note sent by Angelica Maytin, director of Antai, to, Roberto Roy, president of the ACP board.
Maytin reminded Roy that Law 19 of 1997, which governs the ACP and prohibits members of its board of directors to conclude contracts with the ACP “or with institutions linked to it, such as is the case of the AMP. ”
She requests “a report on the result of the actions that are taken with dispatch”
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/canal-board-member-cited-illegal-contract
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Production of Alcoholic Beverages Up in Panama
During the past year production amounted to 309 million liters, 8% more than production in 2016, with gin having the largest increase.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
According to figures from the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, production of alcoholic beverages in 2017 grew 8% in year-on-year terms, rising from 285 million liters in 2016 to 308 million liters in 2017.
See also: "Alcoholic beverage market in Central America"
For the years in question beer production increased 7.8%, going from 275 million liters in 2016 to 296 million liters in 2017.
In 2017, Gin was the liquor that recorded the largest increase in its production compared to 2016, rising from 1.6 million liters in 2016 to 1.9 million liters in 2017, equivalent to a growth of 19%.
See complete statistics (in Spanish).https://www.centralamericadata.com/en/article/main/Production_of_Alcoholic_Beverages_Up_in_Panama
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Panama and Money Laundering
The Financial Action Group of Latin America recognizes the efforts that are being made to classify evasion as a criminal offense, but once again points out that the main threat is the inflow of financial flows linked to illicit activities committed abroad.
Monday, February 5, 2018
From the report "Mutual Evaluation of Panama - January 2018":
Executive Summary
This report provides a summary of the existing AML / CFT measures in the Republic of Panama (hereinafter referred to as Panama) at the date of the on-site visit carried out on May 15 to 26, 2017. It analyzes the level of compliance with the 40 FATF Recommendations and the level of effectiveness of the AML / CFT system in Panama, and offers recommendations on how the system can be strengthened.
Main findings
• Panama has carried out an NRA, in which it has identified that its main risks in terms of LA derives from illicit financial flows from abroad that end up in Panama associated with drug trafficking, other crimes related to organized crime, contraband and crimes related to foreign trade; In regards to internal threats, the crimes of drug trafficking, corruption, financial crimes and crimes against intellectual and industrial property, including contraband, were identified as the main ones.
See full report (in Spanish).https://www.centralamericadata.com/en/article/main/Panama_and_Money_Laundering
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Move to block organized crime probe rejected
Ricardo ChanisPost Views: 144AN ATTEMPT to overturn an Organized Crime investigation into the purchase -allegedly with state funds- of a newspaper that became a mouthpiece for Ricardo Martinelli, has been tossed out.The Eighteenth Criminal Court declared unproven an incident of controversy presented by Ricardo Chanis Correa, who was trying to overturn the September 2017 order to investigate, issued by the First Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime related to transactions for the purchase of the Editora Panama group America, S.A. (Epasa), in the case known as “New Business.”
In the ruling of December 11, 2017, Judge Baloisa Marquínez denied the certification issued by the Caja de Ahorros (CA), in which it shows that Chanis Correa was part of the board of directors of the banking entity.
Documentation provided by the CA showed that at a meeting on December 14, 2010, The Board of Directors approved a pledge loan to Henri Mizrachi for $4 million and a commercial loan to the Office Global Corp., for $3 million. According to the ruling of the judge, the loan was “for working capital, however, these funds ended up being used for the purchase of Grupo Panamá América. “.
According to the judge, Chanis Correa “is the person who is the company Tphac Inc buyer of the shares of Epasa and also is the one who signed the sales contract with Francisco Arias Vallarino “, representative of Epasa.
The prosecution is investigating another 30 people accused of money laundering in the purchase of the company that publishes Panama America. The CA is the center of another criminal investigation into a multi-million dollar loan to a company building an unfinished convention center
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/move-block-organized-crime-probe-rejected
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Independents unite to present presidential hopeful
Post Views: 137FOUR would-be independent presidential candidates will present a proposal to the Electoral Tribunal (TE), to unify their support to empower a single candidateLawyer Ernesto Cedeño, who is a presidential pre-candidate said: “Just as parties can form alliances, independents should be able to do the same, According to Cedeño, “this increases the possibility that a true independent may be among the three final candidates, allowed by the Electoral Code. ”
He said that the initiative will be presented by him and presidential pre-candidates Miguel Antonio Bernal, Ana Elena Porras, and Ricardo Lombana, reports La Prensa.
Two weeks ago, these four of 19 citizens seeking signatures to become independent presidential candidates for 2019, signed a pact.
They committed, among other things, to the non-acceptance of nominations by political parties, and take the first steps for a coalition of independent candidates.
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/independents-unite-present-presidential-hopeful
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Martinelli Panama bail request pulled
Unfortunate pronouncementsPost Views: 142A bail request submitted to the Supreme Court for ex-president Ricardo Martinelli for when he returns to Panama has been withdrawn.It had been submitted on February 1 by defense lawyer Dimas Guevara, and the hearing for bail in the “wiretaps case was scheduled for Wednesday, February 7.
The request was withdrawn on February 5.
Martinelli is accused of the alleged commission of the crime of Inviolability of Secrecy and the Right to Privacy, Embezzlement, Abuse of Authority and against Computer Security and Illicit Association.
While still in office, Martinelli had described Italian judicial investigations into his links to the Finmeccanica bribery scandal as a “soap opera”. The maneuvering of his team of lawyers to avoid his extradition to Panama could be called an escape series.
Another quote that came back to haunt him was the labeling of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) as a “Den of thieves.” After his term in office when he fled the country sought refuge in Parlacen, leaving his Panamanian gang of thieves to face the music.
With his recent ousting as president of the party he founded Democratic Change (CD) he may also regret his boast of returning to Panama for a triumphal cross country parade to be greeted by cheering supporters. It’s hard to raise arms in cuffs.
http://www.newsroompanama.com/columns/the-cuff/martinelli-panama-bail-request-pulled
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Historic road to become national monument
Post Views: 187Moves are afoot to declare the cobblestones of Camino de Cruces, built around 1530 as a national historical monument.Technicians of the National Institute of Culture (INAC) have carried out a topographic survey and the information will be used to promote the declaration
Currently, the colonial cobblestone only enjoys Panama municipal protection.
In November 2017, the Council approved the declaration of Camino de Cruces as a route of cultural and environmental interest.
The declaration was made in the face of construction threats and tree felling.
Manuel Trute, director of Urban Planning of the Mayor’s Office said that INAC’s work will help preserve the road because the current municipal declaration only covers the district of Panama. “The delimitation will also be important because it will allow specifying the route of the historic path, “he added.
State projects, such as the City of Health, have also generated negative impacts on the historic route.
The Camino de Cruces was one of the two historic routes of the Isthmus that connected the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean during the colonial era. It and the Camino Real were the only roads to cross the isthmus from ocean to ocean, prior to the construction of the railway.
They were used to transport gold. silver and precious stones to Portobello for transmission to Spain, and in the 1849 gold rush were used by prospectors to reach Panama to get ships to the California goldfields.
The route of the Camino de Cruces was multimodal, starting from Panama City walking on foot to the town of Venta de Cruces, on the banks of the Chagres River, then traveling with boats down the river to its mouth at the Fort of San Lorenzo in Chagres.
The road was made of stones, with a width of eight feet (twice the width of the Camino Real) and with larger master stones at the edges
http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/historic-road-become-national-monument
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Panama: Statistics on Cattle and Pigs
Up to September 2017, the number of head of cattle decreased by 2% compared to the same month in 2016, while pigs increased by 3%.
Friday, February 2, 2018
According to figures from the Livestock Survey, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), as of September 2017 there were 1.5 million cattle, 398 thousand pigs and 25.4 million hens and young chickens.
See: "Bovine meat market in Central America"
The report indicates that the provinces with the greatest contribution to the cattle herd in the period under study were Chiriquí, with 316,600 head of cattle, representing 20.8%, Veraguas with 239,000 and equivalent to 15.7% of the total and Los Santos, with 216,700, 14.2%.
See also "Central America Consumes More Pork Meat"
Regarding pigs, the largest contributions were from the provinces of Los Santos, with 97,600 pigs, Chiriquí with 61,900 and Veraguas, with 48,200, covering 52% of pigs in the country.
See also: "Chicken meat market figures in Central America"
In the case of hens, the provinces that recorded the largest stocks were: Western Panama with 10,566,000 heads, Panama with 5,487,900 and Veraguas, with 3,495,900, i.e. 41.5%, 21.6% and 13.7%, respectively, corresponding to 76.9% of the poultry existing in the nation.
See full document (in Spanish).https://www.centralamericadata.com/en/article/main/Panama_Statistics_on_Cattle_and_Pigs
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Nature Air Authorized to Resume Flights
The General Directorate of Civil Aviation has lifted the temporary suspension of operations of the Costa Rican airline, which has not been able to fly since January 11.
Friday, February 2, 2018
According to the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC), "... the company has now hired the required personnel and made changes in their schedules and routes. Enio Cubillo, executive director of Civil Aviation, did not give details about this restructuring, as he thinks that it should be Nature Air who provides information about the adjustments."
On January 11, the DGAC suspended the operation of the airline, arguing that due to problems in the company's administrative structure, it could not guarantee the security of its operations.
Nacion.com reports that "...The company reported this week that the interruption of activities has generated losses of $1.2 million. Nature Air expressed, by means of an email, that `it was demonstrated that they have the technical and administrative structure and are in good standing with the relevant legislation`."https://www.centralamericadata.com/en/article/main/Nature_Air_Authorized_to_Resume_Flights
Manuel Trute, director of Urban Planning of the Mayor’s Office said that INAC’s work will help preserve the road because the current municipal declaration only covers the district of Panama. “The delimitation will also be important because it will allow specifying the route of the historic path, “he added.
Carnival 2018: Spinoff Effects
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