Panama world hope sprinter ponders options

PANAMANIAN SPRINTER Alonso Edward still has yet to decide if he will run in both the 100 and 200 meter races at the 2015 World Athletics Championships I Beijing because they require different preparations.

Edward, who is currently in Panama on a so-called “active rest,” has focused on the 200, and stands atop the Diamond League in this specialty reports La Prensa.
“I don’t want to enter the 100 unless I can medal,” said Edward at press conference Tuesday at the headquarters of the Panama Olympic Committee of Panama.
Edward’s immediate plan is to represent Panama in the upcoming Central American and Caribbean Games to be held in November in Veracruz, Mexico. November, is usually his rest period and he will be competing in that month for the first time since 2006 Edward won the silver medal at the World Cup in Berlin in 2009, losing to the Jamaican eocket, Usain Bolt. He struggled with injuries after that performance, but is now reported to be in top form.

he contract of Metro Line 2 could become the most substantial project “turnkey” signed by the Government of Panama at a cost estimated, would be about $ 2 billion.

In the specification of the tender, the Secretariat of the Panama Metro asks companies to submit a financing option that will be evaluated between economic criteria to determine which will be awarded the work.

Once unveil the winning proposal, the Ministry of Finance will decide on the option of the contractor or obtain resources by other means.

The government of Juan Carlos Varela and resort to the figure “turnkey” to finance one of its flagship projects, a scheme used during the administration of Ricardo Martinelli was severely questioned.

Deputy Economy Minister Ivan Zarak recalled the legacy commitments-this level of government will face $ 3 billion 600 million services contracted by Martinelli and said that “we can not