(Panama Digest) Former Panamanian presidents Ernesto Perez Balladeres, Mireya Moscoso and Martin Torrijos joined current President Ricardo Martinelli for lunch at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday. On the menu was squash soup, meat wrapped in bacon, salad and lemon pie, La Prensa reports. After lunch, Martinelli took his guests on a tour of the new annex, the Cabinet … [Read more...]
First liver transplant performed in Panama
(prensa.com) "A Panamanian team of surgeons performed the first liver transplant in Panama, announced today, Monday, officials of the Social Security Fund (CSS). The general director of the CSS, Guillermo Sáez-Llorens, said the transplant, performed on Friday to a woman of 33 years, "has been successful " and opens the way for more complex surgeries in this … [Read more...]
Peace Corps Volunteers at swearing in ceremony
(Newsroom Panama) Forty three U.S. Peace Corps volunteers who have arrived in Panama to teach English and provided technical support in schools and communities across the country, were sworn in on Friday, March 25 at the residence of American Ambassador Phyllis Powers. The ceremony, conducted by the ambassador, was attended by Minister of Education, Lucy Molinar, … [Read more...]
The first Panama Metro line will cost $ 1.8 billion
(prensa.com) The first Metro line will cost the state approximately $ 1.800 billion, reflecting an increase of $ 348 million on the price that officially drove up yesterday. Robert Roy, executive secretary of the Metro, and Frank De Lima, Deputy Economy Minister confirmed that the project cost will vary for different reasons: we study an extension of the line from the Andes … [Read more...]
Panama says goodbye to ‘Billy’ Ford
(prensa.com) Numerous white roses were thrown into the giant car which carried on Tuesday 22 March, the coffin of former Panamanian vice president Guillermo Ford Billy Boyd, who died on Saturday March 19 at 74 years of age. Panamanians who came to say goodbye to Ford wore mostly white, and rattled pans in the streets, as they did in the era of the dictatorship to demand … [Read more...]