Archive for April 19th, 2010

Charles Paul Edward Jumet, age 53, of Virginia and ex-President of Ports Engineering Consultants Corp., received an 87-month, or 7.25-year, prison sentence for bribing Panamanian government officials in exchange for no-bid buoy and lighthouse contracts along Panamanian waterways, and for making false statements to federal agents. “Today’s sentence, the longest ever imposed for violating...
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After the murder of the eighth taxi driver this year, the National Syndicate of Taxi Drivers will be restricting their routes until the National Police takes some action. Among the no-go red zones are Samaria, Torrijos Carter, Nueva Libia, Mano de Piedra, Cerro Cocobolo, Roberto Duran and Paraiso. “We are going to leave passengers...
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Panama’s Public Services Authority reports a 12 percent increase in energy demand from 2008 to 2009.  In prior years, demand had grown by an average five to six percent. Nineteen hydroelectric projects, an investment of $1,736 million, are expected to begin operation in 2010 and 2011, generating an additional 700 MW.  The projects are...
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