Canal tonnage up 9.5% over previous year
The Panama Canal closed the fiscal year 2018 (Oct. 1, 2017 – Sep. 30, 2018) with a record of 442.1...
Year: 2018
Embezzlers assets under the hammer
AN APARTMENT in the Vista Mar Complex, in San Carlos seized by Panama’s Ministry of Finance (MEF) from Rafael Guardia...
Frustrated Panama still on French tax haven blacklist
Panama is upset by the "lack of coherence" of France, which keeps the country on its blacklist of tax havens...
Corridor toll increase ruled illegal
The increase in toll charges on Corredor Sur approved by the Varela administration in 2016, has been declared illegal by...
River surge kills teacher, 3 students
Rescue units of the Joint Task Force (FTC) have recovered the body of history teacher, Ruth Lisbeth Perez Contreras...
Manslaughter charge for truck driver who killed mother and sons
THE DRIVER of an articulated truck that killed a mother and her two sons when she was taking them to...
Citizens Alliance calls for commission to probe Security Council
The Citizens Alliance for Justice has called for the formation of an " independent commission" investigate the actions of the...
Lawmaker facing $33,000 bounced checks probe
Two new criminal complaints of bounced checks have been filed in the Supreme Court against PRD deputy Alfredo “Fello” Perez accused...
Ex-finance minister off one hook, others waiting
Minister of Economy and Finance, Frank De Lima and six other people, have had a case into a $3.2 million...
