Panama cancels refugee ship regisration
The registration of a refugee ship has been canceled by the Panama maritime administration for allegedly ignoring international procedures regarding...
Month: September 2018
Panamas Venice flood free in March
The renewal of Via Argentina is 55% advanced and could be completed in March said the Panama Mayor's Office at a Friday,...
Martinelli lawyers invoke den of thieves to annul charges
During his election campaign, ex-president Ricardo Martinelli famously referred to the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) as a “Den of thieves”...
US visas at risk for corrupt deals
The UNITED STATES threatens to revoke the visa to politicians or businessmen, and their families, from the Central American region...
OPINION: Trains vs water, health, education
At the beginning of November, the feasibility study on the railway project that would unite the city of Panama with...
Leading Panama food importer closes doors
Tagarópulos, a prominent Panama importer and distributor of food and dry goods with over 100 years in the local business...
Fast food franchiser. gets new capital after $2.8 million quarterly loss
Franquicias Panameñas, S.A., a company that operates fast food restaurants KFC, DQ, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Chili's, received an...
Panamas Afrodisiaco and Ruben Blades get Latin Grammy nod
The Panamanian group Afrodisíaco winner of the Silver Seagull award at the Viña del Mar 2016 festival in Chile has been nominated...
Panamas GDP growth lowest since global financial crisis
PANAMA’S gross domestic product (GDP) climbed 3.7% to $2.0393 billion, in the first half pf 2018, the lowest rate of...
Two ex-ministers among11 facing highway scam trial
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has asked the Fifteenth Criminal Court to call to trial two former Public Works (MOP) ministers...
OPINION: Wannabe presidents dodge issues
In what seemed like a hint about how they will carry out their respective campaigns, yesterday Rómulo Roux and Laurentino...
