Panama targeting tourists further afield
Economic and political factors have impacted the flow of tourists to Panama from traditional supply centers in Latin America and...
Month: April 2018
Shutdown of veterinary services on hold
The total shut down of government veterinarian services in ports airports diagnostic laboratories and abattoirs has been postponed but the...
Teachers defy rain to deliver message
TORRENTIAL rain on Friday, April 27 failed to dampen the determination of thousands of schoolteachers calling for government promises to...
MEDIA WATCH: Trump visit facing mass UK protests
Downing Street confirmed on Thursday that US president Donald Trump will arrive in London on July13 for his long-heralded visit...
Floods, landslides,rescue drama
Torrential rain flooded many sectors of Panama City on Friday afternoon, April 27, bringing down trees, causing minor landslides stranding...
US court rejects Martinelli early hearing
An Appeals Court in Atlanta, Georgia, has rejected a request from Panama’s ex-president to bring the date of a hearing...
First two held in laundering probe
The Seventh Anti-Corruption Prosecutor ordered the detention of Salomon Jack Btesh and Valentín Martínez Vásquez in a money-laundering probe of transfers...
Copa Venezuela flights resume next week
COPA AIRLINES will restart flights from Panama to Venezuela next week says CEO and executive president of the airline,...
Ex-presidential candidate in bribery probe
The day after his campaign treasurer José Porta Álvarez, was placed in preventive detention, José Domingo "Mimito" Arias, the CD...
Lawyer facing second double murder charges
Traces of blood of the victims and repairs to a broken window of the vehicle of Panama lawyer Zoraida Mircala...
Stalled strike talks cost $30 million daily
The impasse in negotiations between the striking construction workers’ union (Suntracs) and the employers’ Association (Capac) is- according to the...
Panama’s stagnation of justice
The second report on Panama's judicial system underscores widespread public concerns and finds that investigations are at stake "Due to...
