Varela heading for UK and Israel
President Juan Carlos Varela will be boarding the presidential jet on Saturday, May 12 en route to two official missions. The...
Year: 2018
Cold shoulder for Varela strike ploy
PRESIDENT Varela’s attempt at pressuring the construction industry union (Suntracs) and the employers association (Capac) to move from the negotiating table...
New Assembly alliance huddle minus phones
The ever-shifting sands of the National Assembly moved once again on Thursday, May 10, as the CD and PRD parties...
10-years for taxi passenger rape
A taxi driver who raped and made pregnant a 14-year-old passenger was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Thursday,...
Ex-Finance Minister exits holding cell
Former Panama Finance Minister (MEF) Frank de Lima under investigation for alleged anomalies in a contract for the maintenance of the...
Varela wants strike arbitration as key projects stall
Panama’s president, Juan Carlos Varela, has called on the leadership of the construction workers union (Suntracs) to invoke arbitration if...
Supreme Court raps stalling lawyers in FP $18 million fraud case
DEFENSE lawyers in one the many cases involving the failed Financial Pacific brokerage have received a verbal rap on the knuckles...
Panama new car sales bonanza is history
New car sales in Panama continue to plunge with a drop of 11.3 percent in the first quarter of the...
Gas and diesel prices climb
GASOLINE and Diesel prices will increase on Friday, May 11, and you can look for more down the road as...
Private construction down 48% in first quarter
Construction activity in the private sector of Panama fell 48 percent in the first quarter of 2018 in relation...
Bridge death driver detained in hospital
The driver of the vehicle involved in a weekend head-on collision on the Bridge of the Americas that killed a...
Walmart red-carded for Panama shirt pricing
Whatever recognition Panama’s soccer team brings to its World Cup sponsors, short of an unanticipated giant killer performance against one...
