(Prensa.com) On Monday the Metro Bus will begin operating on the routes El Valle-Corredor Norte and Veranillo/Los Andes-Corredor Norte. The announcement was made Friday after the transit authority ATTT was able to reach an agreement with the bus company that had provided service on those routes. There will be 20 buses assigned to the routes. The Metro Bus service … [Read more...]
Government investment plan updated
(Prensa.com) The Ministry of Economy and Finance reshape the investment plan, and update the revenue and expenditure projections for the coming years. "After nearly 18 months of the implementation of the investment program for 2010-2014, provides an appropriate juncture to review and update this to include the additional investments that have been raised, " the minister said … [Read more...]
Commission calls for guaranteeing free access to information on Panama
(Prensa.com) The president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), Diego Garcia Sayan, in Panama today reiterated the need for states to ensure effective access to public information for the entire population. The Court has established case law on Freedom of Expression on several occasions, "emphasizing that it is a right that concerns not only … [Read more...]
Where Do All the Diablo Rojos Go?
(Panama Digest) Director of the Transit and Ground Transportation Authority Jorge Ricardo Fabrega told La Critica that 400 Diablo Rojo buses have been removed from circulation and replaced by Metro Buses. So what will happen to the colorful, smoke-spouting buses, once a Panamanian institution? He says that some of the old buses have been reassigned to the National Police … [Read more...]
Panama heat wave forces citizens to change their habits
(Prensa.com) The high temperatures registering in Panama in recent days can be attributed to the fact that the sun is closer to the earth (just 15 degrees from north latitude); position at which the rays strike almost directly on the position in which the country is located. To this, we must add the high pressure system located south of the Greater Antilles, said José … [Read more...]