First low-cost airline leaving Panama skies
Panama’s first low-cost airline, Vivacolombia that has ferried hundreds of thousands of passengers to and from Colombia over the last...
Year: 2018
OPINION: Strike creating only losers
The strike that has paralyzed the construction sector is now 30 days. old. Although the Panamanian Chamber of Construction (Capac),...
Varela promises closer ties with Israel
"Panama plans to expand opportunities for young Panamanians to go to Israel to prepare for careers in agriculture, technology and...
Pushback against Assembly president
ALONGSIDE growing public criticism of the actions of National Assembly president Yanibel Abrego in refusing the admission of a forensic audit...
Martinelli return bombshell defused
SALES of Panama’s La Estrella likely took an upward surge on Wednesday, May 16 when apage front-page headline announced the voluntary...
Assembly heads to court to block cookie jar fraud audit
WITHIN three hours of blocking the office of Panama’s Comptroller General from a forensic audit of a multi-million dollar cookie...
OPINION: An Independent Republic of Thieves
Yesterday, the National Assembly declared itself as an independent republic to which the laws of the Panamanian State cannot be...
Nearly 3000 foreigners deported in four months
The National Migration Service (SNM) has deported 2,893 people during the first four months of 2018 due to administrative...
Copa launches flights to Barbados
Copa Airlines will start flights to Barbados on July 19 becoming the only airline in Latin America to connect to...
Panama lawmakers reject expense audits
When a team of auditors from the Comptroller General’s office arrived at the National Assembly on Wednesday, May 16 to...
Israel and Panama said to share common values
JUST 48 hours after the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem and the Gaza protests where 62 Palestinian demonstrators were...
Panama illegal aesthetic clinic raided
A SURPRISE raid by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) on Wednesday, May 16, uncovered yet another illegal aesthetic clinic...
