$100 million banana deal creating 15,000 jobs
PANAMA’S COMPTROLLER General has endorsed a contract in which Del Monte will invest $100 million over seven years, creating over...
Month: April 2017
CD lawmaker launches new party
WITH AT LEAST two of Panama’’s political parties already riven by internal disputes, a new ingredient has been thrown into...
Parachutist killed practicing for record attempt
A MEXICAN parachutist who had successfully completed 650 descents was killed on Saturday morning, April 8, on Isla Contadora. Jose...
Causeway exansion tips $74.8 million
THE EXPANSION of the Amador Causeway from two to four lanes, will cost $74.8 million up $8.3 million from the...
Pope’s visit a Panama promo opp
Tourism promotion and shopping opportunities are combining with religious fervor in Rome as a Panama delegation prepares for the official...
Payless bankruptcy won’t affect Panama
THE BANKRUPTCY filing of the The Payless Shoe Source chain which will close 398 stores in the US will not...
Key suspects missing in multi-murder trial
THE TRIAL of Gilberto Ventura Ceballos and 11 other people, linked to the alleged kidnapping torture and murder of five...
Panama migrant corridor to Shangri-La
WHILE the Panama Canal is seen as the path between the seas, The Isthmus has also becoming a key corridor...
Witness confirms Odebrecht funding of CD presidential campaign
ODEBRECHT Executive Fernando Migliaccio da Silva - charged with administering bribes to Brazilian and foreign politicians has confessed to judicial authorities...
OPINION: Lifting political “transparency”lid
Hoyporhoy La Prensa Apr, 7 IN MAY 2014, Jose Domingo “Mimito” Arias was the presidential candidate of the governing party...
Aquarius named Peoples Choice at IFF
“AQUARIUS,” from Brazil’s Kleber Mendonça Filho took the People’s Choice Copa Airlines Audience Award for best Ibero-American fiction feature, at...
IFF building film bridges
WHEN IFF PANAMA launched in 2012, the Panamanian film industry was slowly ticking over and the link between Panama and...
