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The announcement that the government plans to nationalize Panama’s two main expressways, the north and south corridors has come under the eyes of the the International Monetary Fund. 

Residents of the community of Miguel de Borda in Colón have filed a lawsuit inPanama’s Supreme Court against the Petaquilla Gold mining project. over the approval of an environmental impact assessment.

A contract to allow cell phone users to keep the same number even if they change providers will be signed in three weeks and . the system is expected to be operational by March 2011.

Petaquilla Minerals has restarted production at its gold mine in Molejón, Colón. Production was halted  on Aug. 17 when a containment pond was close to overflowing.

Companies around the world are working on the  design and construction of the third locks - the largest of the four components of the work of the Panama Canal Expansion, one of the 10 largest infrastructures on the planet.

Work on the third set of locks to enable the Panama Canal to take bigger ships is scheduled to begin next year saysAntonio Zaffaroni, director of the construction work being carried out by Grupo Unidos por el Canal.

The global environmental lobby disregards the benefits of responsible mining in the development of a country said  Panama's President President, Ricardo Martinelli, in Lima, Peru, Thursday (August 26).

“Gloria,” has finally arrived in Panama,  and with the giant lady's assistance Panama City sewers and the Bay of Panama will be one step nearer to being cleaned up.

Traffic in the Panama Canal declined 2.8 percent between April and June, but officials remain optimistic that there will be positive operating results for the fiscal year, ending September 30.

Panamaa’s agricultural exports continued to fall in the first half of the year with farmers and fisheries officials blaming the elimination of tax incentives.