President Martin Torrijos

Statement by the Press Secretary - Visit by President Martin Torrijos of the Republic of Panama - Last update: 2:00 p.m. EDT Aug. 28, 2008 WASHINGTON, Aug 28, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- President Bush will welcome President Martin Torrijos of the Republic of Panama to the White House on September 17, 2008. Panama is an important friend and ally of the United States. The President looks forward to discussing a range of issues with President Torrijos, including our common commitment to the United... Read Full Story

By José Edwin Sánchez M. for La Critica - Now with the completion of the first year of construction on the expansion of the Panama Canal, Panamanian president Martin Torrijos received a report yesterday on the advances achieved to date on the construction of the third set of locks. Torrijos observed from Cerro Cocolí the earth moving work that make up part of the construction of the 6.1 kilometer navigation channel that will unite the new locks on the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with... Read Full Story

By Mirna Ospino for Panama America - As part of the preparations for the reception of Irving Saladino, winner of the gold medal in the Men's Long Jump in the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, in the stairs leading up to the Panama Canal Administration building, a great number of police officers and security personnel have been deployed to ensure public safety, as well as ambulances from the Ministry of Health and the Fire Department, members of the National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC), and... Read Full Story

PANAMA CITY, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Panamanian President Martin Torrijos said in Tuesday that the sports city under construction in the capital of the country will have the name of Irving Saladino, who won the gold medal in long jump at the Olympic Games of Beijing. "We are determinate to name the sports complex with the name of Saladino in recognition to the first Olympic (gold) medal that our country has," Torrijos told the press. According to Torrijos this gesture is a recognition to that... Read Full Story

By Rafael Pérez G. for La Prensa - The government's proposal to modify the National Security Council, which would include the installation of a new National Intelligence and Security Service (SENIS), would allow for the concentration of power in the hands of an intelligence agency that could put the democratic system at risk. That was the warning delivered through a letter from Alma Mongegentro de Fletcher, the Executive Secretary of the Council for Transparency Against Corruption, to... Read Full Story