Panama facing WTO review
PANAMA will come under the microscope of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva in the coming week as it...
Month: July 2014
157 new cars daily on Panama streets
IF YOU ARE a Panama City driver facing increasing frustration as the traffic jams worsen, as the city rushes towards...
Lock gates for canal expansion on the move
THE GIANT gates for the new locks at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal began moving on Saturday, July...
Prosecutors, judges, jump on Martinelli pardons
EIGHT PUBLIC prosecutors do not agree with pardons granted by former president, Ricardo Martinelli, before leaving office and they have...
Four confirmed hanta virus cases
THREE ADULTS and a minor have been confirmed as suffering from the hanta virus in the Los Santos area Regional...
MEDIA WATCH: Noriega suing over image use
FORMER Panama dictator Manuel Noriega is currently occupying a jail cell in Renacer prison, apart from occasional forays to Santo...
Mayor closes quarry after citizen protests
FOR THE SECOND TIME in as many weeks, citizen protests have come out on the winning side. On Thursday July...
Colombia asks Panama to detain former spy boss
COLOMBIA’S Minister of Justice, Alfonso Gómez Méndez suggested on Thursday, July 17, that Panama should detain former Security Director María...
Regulator seizes control of Es Bank
THE SUPERINTENDENCY of Banks seized control of Es Bank, the local representative of the Portugese bank Espíritu Santo, at noon on...
Mi Bus suspends contract law suit
METRO OPERATOR Mi Bus suspended its lawsuit before the International Court of Arbitration over its contract to run the Panama...
Fighting Panama’s tax haven image
Strengthening regulatory standards of bodies such as credit unions and the system of bearer shares are part of the changes...
Panamas poor kids cut out of millionaires will
UNDER TEH HEADLINE: “How Panama Cut Poor Kids Out Of A Florida Millionaire's Will” WLRN/Miami Herald has published a devastating...
