Panama moving to head Latin America GDP list
PANAMA will have the highest gross domestic product per capita in Latin America by 2018 says a report by the...
Month: February 2017
Bargain time for hotel visitors to Panama
IT’S A BUYER’S MARKET for visitors to Panama seeking a city hotel room as occupancy rates continue to fall, and...
Public-private tourism fund for Panama
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE tourism promotion fund similar to a scheme introduced in Canada some 30 years ago and already in place...
MEDIA WATCH: Brit MPs debate Trump visit
BRITISH MPs on Monday, Feb. 2 debated a petition signed ny 1.8 million people calling for President Donald Trump's planned...
Lawyer’s killer gets 25 years
THE MAN who gunned down a Panama lawyer while he was lunching in a San Miguelito restaurant has been sentenced...
OPINION: Steinbecks Road Map For Resistance
By Stephen Cooper A RECENT blog post of the National Book Critics Circle asked members “at this time of cultural...
3 traffic deaths raise Chiriqui toll to 15
THREE SEPARATE weekend accidents in Chiriqui brought the highway death toll in the province this year to 15. The driver...
Reformed Wild Bill says wife also victim
WILLIAM “Wild Bill”Dathan Holbert, self confessed killer of five Americans in Bocas del Toro said Monday Feb.20 that he is...
Opposition to enlarged Airport Directorate
State owned Tocumen International S.A. is opposing the addition of two new members on the board of directors of the...
Criminal complaint filed in bribery scandal
THE APPOINTMENT of Minister of Public Security Alexis Bethancourt, to oversee investigations linked to the Odebrecht bribery scandal was seen...
5.0 quake empties Metro stations,offices
PANAMA METRO subway stations and some buildings in Panama city were evacuated on Monday, February 20 when an earthquake reported...
Panama economy on track for 5.8% growth
PANAMA’S ECONOMY is forecast to grow 5.8% in 2017, the envy of much of the world says the Ministry of Economy...
