Archive for April 12th, 2010

Panama City and Jerusalem signed a mutual trade agreement today to boost financial and commercial cooperation. Panama and Israel agreed to launch various joint ventures in fields like water management, renewable energy, agriculture, homeland security, telecommunications and medical equipment. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israel’s Industry, Trade and Labor Minister, hopes that Panama will serve as Israel’s...
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When asked by reporters why he is traveling to Peru, ex-President Ernesto Perez Balladares, who is under investigation for money laundering said: ”Because I want to.  What do you think about that?” The ex-president arrived to Tocumen International Airport around 9 a.m. yesterday in a blue Lexus, along with his wife and lawyer.  Upon entering...
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The month of May and rainy season are right around the corner, and garbage continues to pile up in Panama streets. In less than a month, it is fly proliferation season, explained General Secretary of the Health Ministry Felix Bonilla, and the accumulation of trash increases the presence and transmission of illnesses. Flies are...
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