Copa launches low-cost airline
A NEW LOW-COST AIRLINE was launched in Panama on Thursday October 20 by Copa Holdings which owns Copa Airlines. Wingo,...
Month: October 2016
OPINION: Time for a campaign stupidity statute of limitations
By Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI (Oct. 21, 2016)—If you blatantly, recklessly, cruelly, and certainly repeatedly break the law you should...
Bold expansion plan for Panama logistics center
WITH a "roadmap" proposed for the next four years, Panama’s logistic sector aims to create a hub in the country...
Tonos and La Villa rivers floods continue
CONTINUING rainfall and high tides mean thatthe waters of the Tonosi and La Villa rivers in Herrera and Los Santos...
National debt near doubled in 10 years
PANAMA’S NATIONAL debt almost doubled between 2005 and 2015, according to a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance....
Condo owners get OK to move in
THE BELEAGURED purchasers of condo apartments in the PH Scala building in Bella Vista have received permission to move into...
$26.4 million for Calle Uruguay facelift
THE $26.4 million contract to revitalize Calle Uruguay has been to the Meco construction company says the Panama Mayor’s office....
Families evacuated in Herrera
FAMILIES near the river La Villa, in Herrera have been evacuated as water levels not seen for years have inundated the...
MOP moves to ease David flood threat
THE MINISTRY of Public Works (MOP) ha launched a major clean up streams in the city of David, Chiriqui to...
Judge mentions Waked government connections
"US PROSECUTORS kept the investigation and prosecution of Nidal Waked secret so they could arrest him in Colombia as in Panama...
Flooding hits over 3,000
OVER 3,000 people have been affected by flooding in various parts of the country following heavy rains on Tuesday October...
WORLD VIEW: When bribery is part of the cost of doing business
AS PANAMA weighs its option in one of the world’s biggest bribery scandals involving the Odebrecht construction company which continues...
