(prensa.com) T The Ministry of Public Works is expected to spend $150 million on repairs, the most by any ministry. Deputy Minister of Economy Frank Lima explained that the ministry is awaiting the report of all public entities, and that the damage estimate could increase. The special funding must be approved by the National Assembly. … [Read more...]
Panama water treatment still not at full capacity
Charcón has become the place where residents of San Antonio and Victoriano Lorenzo No. 2 come daily, in the absence of water-bathing and washing clothes and utensils. LA PRENSA / Gabriel Rodríguez 1494332 (prensa.com) The hope of the residents of the city of Panama, now Chilibre drinking water plant was working at 100% capacity, vanished. The high … [Read more...]
Panama water is rationed and still unsafe to drink
(LAHT) After the worst downpours Panama has seen in the last 200 years, close to a million inhabitants of the capital have their water rationed and, for the first time in decades, cannot drink it directly because of contamination. The complicated situation has no short-term solution, Panamanian Health Minister Franklin Vergara told reporters Saturday, adding that the … [Read more...]
Spain delivers to Panama 11 tons of aid for flood victims
(Fox) Spain on Monday delivered to Panama a shipment of 11 tons of humanitarian aid for victims of the December floods, the Spanish Embassy said. The aid was transferred by embassy Minister-Counselor Bernardo Lopez to the head of Panama's Sinaproc civil defense agency, Arturo Alvarado, at a former airbase on the banks of the Canal on the Pacific Ocean end of the … [Read more...]
Panama City water rationing in effect
(prensa.com) National water entity IDAAN has reiterated their call for the general public to conserve water, as potable water production has been affected by the high level of turbidity in Alajuela Lake. This was announced on the Telemetro Reporta news program yesterday by Federico Rodríguez, head of IDAAN’s Potable Water department. Rodríguez explained that, during a … [Read more...]