Strong US dollar puts Panama tourism on downturn
IN SPITE OF trouble spots around the world and threats from terrorist groups, tourism worldwide continues to climb, but not...
Month: July 2016
Panamas own soccer scandal
AS PANAMA begins to recover from its own FIFA related soccer scandals, it has come up with it own home...
MEDIA WATCH: UK’s new diplomat, king of gaffe’s
BORIS JOHNSON is the UK's new Foreign Secretary following his appointment by Theresa May on Wednesday July 13. The promotion...
Panama gets thumbs up from Morgan Chase
THE ECONOMIC consequences for Panama due to the Mossack Fonseca Panama Papers fall out won't be so severe according to...
Calls for help in bribery case linked to Martinelli, Mizrachi
MEXICO and the Virgin Islands have been asked to assist in a Panama corruption investigation linked to former president Ricardo...
Chamber of Commerce joins Interpol campaign
PANAMA’S Chamber of Commerce, and the national police have signed onto an Interpol initiative to increase awareness of organized crime....
Battle lines drawn on sex education
WITH OVER 1000, child teen pregnancies a month and a dramatic increase in sexually transmitted diseases, 15 civil organizations,...
Crackdown on tax dodgers boosts revenue.
IMPROVEMENTS in tax collection and a crackdown on tax evasion has boosted government tax revenue well above the budgeted amount...
WORLD VIEW: The City That Shrinks Poverty
MEGA CITIES get all the attention but as world leaders gather in Singapore to explore urban issues, they ought to...
Country jail moves for whistle blower
TWO DIFFERENT anti-corruption prosecutors have called for “country prison”(banned from leaving the country)) Giacomo Tamburrelli r former director of the...
Flu cases falling as death toll reaches 52.
THE A (H1N1) influenza death toll has risen to 52 and 297 people are still hospitalized, many of them in...
Martinelli losing grip on CD Party
THE CAMBIO DEMOCRATICO (CD) Party, founded, funded, and until recently ruled by ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, to further his political ambitions,...
