State subsidies down $244.2 million
PANAMA’S government subsidies fell in 2016 by 15.1% or $244.2 million to $1.375.6 billion largely due to falling energy prices....
Month: June 2017
OPINION: Panamas subsidies addiction
OPINION: Panama’s subsidies addiction La Prensa June 28 THE AMOUNT of subsidies disbursed by the State in 2016 was $1.376...
Canada Day call for volunteers to aid sick kids
By Margot Thomas FOR THE FIRST TIME in seven years the CanadaPLUS Foundation will not be hosting a Canada Day...
Four cops snagged in anti-drug bust
AN ANTI-DRUG operation in Don Bosco district of Juan Diaz has snagged at least four police officers are under investigation...
Traffic chaos as power outage shuts Metro
AN EXPLOSION in an electrical substation in Penonome shut down Panama’s metro line, caused traffic chaos, trapped people in elevators...
OPINION: Money laundering tarnishing press freedom
Hoyporhoy La Prensa June 27 THE TAXES that Panamanians paid with so much effort were given to a company as...
WORLD VIEW: Launch of UN military force?
THE UNITED NATIONS is often scapegoated for the falling short of its peacekeeping troops and deployments. Why are they not...
Expanded Panama Canal usage creates new records
THE NUMBER of ships using the expanded Panama Canal locks daily during the first year of operation was more than...
Prosecutors swoop on $39.9 million media buy money laundering
CRIMINAL CHARGES have been laid against 17 individuals and a law firm involved in the $39.9 million acquisition of the...
Canada celebrates 150th birthday with some Panama style chaos
by Howard Williams CANADA'S 150th anniversary celebrations started this year with Panamanian-style flooding, which ended in time for Ottawa, the...
Panama law firm in Odebrecht bribery probe
THE PUBLIC MINISTRY is investigating a prominent Panama law firm which in the last half of 2010, received more than...
Financial Pacific scandal mocks persecution cry
EX-PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli, his lawyers and supporters continue to claim that criminal investigations into his activities and members of his...
