Bridge of Americas crawl frustrations
With plans underway to ease the anticipated Christmas season traffic snarls for Panama motorists, drivers coming from the interior are...
Month: December 2016
Chamber of Commerce cool to late traffic snarl plans
PANAMA’S Chamber of Commerce has given a muted approval to the recently announced government measures to combat the city’s traffic...
Auto Insurance payouts climb 18.9 percent
AUTO-INSURANCE pay-outs in Panama jumped $20.8 million (18.9 percent) in the first nine months of the year. Claims of $130.8 million ...
Sex with a minor means jail time
SEX WITH A MINOR, even in a permanent relationship can put the adult behind bars for two-four years. This is...
Two police deaths bring road carnage to 397.
TWO POLICE officers who died in traffic accidents within hours of each other, brought the total of fatalities on Panama...
Social security dialogue planned
PANAMA’S growing economy has kept the country’s Social Security prpgram (CSS) from running a deficit, but a a national dialogue is planned on the future of the pension...
Helping leukemia and cancer child victims
THE SEASON OF GIVING, opened in David, Chiriqui on Saturday Dec 3 with a day long activity enabling donations of...
Lottery love affair on the upswing
PANAMA’S infatuation with the “Lotteria” (lottery) where citizens can try their luck twice a week for as little as 25...
Six asphyxiated bodies uncovered
FIVE MEN and one woman whose bodies were found in a shallow grave near a construction site in Villabos, Pedregal...
More support needed for corruption prosecutors
ANTI-CORRUPTION prosecutors are between a rock and a hard place" said Panama President Juan Carlos Navarro at the opening of...
Scandal committee report faces implementation challenge
MARK PIETH, the Swiss criminology professor who resigned from the Panama committee convened in the wake of the Mossack Fonseca...
Government moves to ease Christmas traffic snarl
Government moves to ease Christmas traffic snarl MEASURES to mitigate traffic snarl in the lead up to Christmas will include...
