Car free Casco area starts Sunday
A LONG awaited and much welcomed initiative begins in Panama on Sunday Mar 6, when a partof the city’s...
Month: March 2016
Zika cases reach 118
THE NUMBER of cases of Zika virus in Panama continues to climb and are now distributed across the country. The...
Three pirate buses impounded in document blitz
A DRIVER document blitz in Arriajan and San Miguelito by Transit Authority inspectors on Friday, March 4,netted 46 offenders, including...
Bankrupt hotel bondholders chaotic meeting
A MEETING of creditors of the bankrupt developer R.G. Hotels, intended to create a unified front to recover $30 million...
Cold water poured on Nicaragua Canal
WATER IS SCARCE in Panama these days, with the possibility that, by the end of the dry season, the low...
Wiretap victims demand Martinelli arrest
VICTIMS of illegal wire taps during the Ricardo Martinelli government are pressing Judge Jerome Mejía to order the ex-president’s arrest,...
Zica virus alert continues as cases reach 111
AT LEAST 111 people were reported suffering from the Zica virus, on Friday March 4, up from 95 a day...
Six vehicle crash, injures 3
A SIX VEHICLE pileup on the Panama - Colon highway in the early hours of Friday morning, March 4, injured three...
American drowned on Isla Coiba
AN AMERICAN citizen was drowned off Coiba Island, south of Veraguas on Wednesday afternoon, March 3, but his body was...
MEDIA WATCH: Trump and Jerry Springer audience
WHO gets to become president of the United States, matters to the whole world, and media from China to Russia...
Over $1 million in fines for price control violaters
PANAMA’S Consumer Protection Agency has imposed fines totaling $1.186 million since July 14, 2014, when price controls on basic food...
Foreign investment topped $5 billion last year
DIRECT FOREIGN Investment in Panama climbed 16.9 percent in 2015 to over $5 billion reports the the Comptroller General. Rogelio...
