Consumer debt up on cards, cars and loans
CREDIT CARD debt in Panama jumped $35 million during the first two months of the year. The Superintendency of Banks...
Month: May 2017
Panama checks funding source for Martinelli helicopter
PANAMA’S Special AntiCorruption Prosecutor's Office has called on British Virgin Islands (BVI) for information about the company Petro Trading Servicies,...
WORLD VIEW: Making friends with Russia
By Jonathan Power DOES ANYONE, however well-informed, know what President Donald Trump thinks about President Vladimir Putin? I hazard a...
OPINION: Saving our links with the past
hoyporhoy, La Prensa. May 9 AN INTEGRAL part of our national history is the development of transit which was inserted...
21 Carnival Queens to parade in Panama City
THE BATTLE for primacy of competing Queens is a feature of Carnival celebrations in communities across the country, but few...
Slow delivery of Odebrecht audits stalls prosecutors
THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S Office, is still waiting for the audits of five Ricardo Martinelli administration projects that show cost overruns...
New medical school endangers historic roadway
THE CONSTRUCTION in Ancon of a new Falculty of Medecine for the University of Panama will impact some of the...
Impaired truck driver sends four to hospital
A TRUCK DRIVER who recorded an over the limit reading on a police breathalyser, sent four people to hospital, when...
Mi Bus rodeo brings families together
THIRTY MI-BUS drivers took time off from the streets of Panama, on Sunday, May 7, to compete in a rodeo...
Government revenues forecast to grow 42.5% in 5 years
PANAMA GOVERNMENT revenues will grow 42.5% over the next five years according to estimates endorsed by the Cabinet Council and...
No more driver freebies on Corridors
DRIVERS on the North and South Corridors will in future pay not only for use of the highways but for...
Justice delayed in high profile cases
FOR JUSTICE to be seen to be done Panama, residents need time and patience. At least 10 high profile research...
