Yellow alert on Panama Pacific coast
A YELLOW alert for Panama’s Pacific Coast has been issued by the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) and a task...
Month: October 2015
Seized properties status changed illegally
FORMER MINISTER Jimmy Papadimitriu, once a strong ally of Ricardo Martinelli is back in the news over disputed lands in...
Government moves to plug tax holes
STARTING at the end of the month 166 companies will become collection agents for the tax man under a change...
$4.5 million for garbage consultant
A STATE-OWNED Spanish engineering firm, headed by the country’s former ambassador to Panama will get $4.5 million for consulting services...
Future of Albrook terminal up in the air
TOCUMEN S.A. has requested a study to assess the functionality of the Marcos. A. Gelabert Airport in Albrook over the...
Panama to Resume search for oil
PANAMA OIL explorations in the Carribean will resume by the end of the year says a government announcement (more…)
Third expansion needed for booming Tocumen
THE SECOND Tocumen International terminal under construction will not be enough to meet projected demand by 2020,and a third airport...
Panama listed dynamic in Fitch review
THE RELATIVELY favorable external environment will not be enough for Central American countries to improve their credit ratings, which could...
30 student bands on parade
3000 STUDENTS and 30 bands participated in the nineteenth meeting of student musical bands of Panama, organized by the National...
Petaquilla clean up contract awarded
THE CONTRACT to drain tailings tubs at the Molejon mine operated by Petaquilla Gold has been awarded to the company...
Analizing rising killings, traffic deaths
HANDWRINGING and publishing statistics are not enough to end an acceptance of violence according to public safety experts in Panama,...
Ex presidential candidate Navarro in a corner
FORMER PRD presidential candidate Juan Carlos Navarro, backed into a corner by media revelations, has called a press conference to explain...
