Month: January 2019
Flaws in Via Espana renewal questioned
The Panamanian Society of Engineers and Architects (SPIA) has questioned part of the progress of the project of urban reordering...
New terminal 95% ready as Odebrecht gravy train rolls on
Construction of the new passenger terminal at Tocumen International whose cost with the last addendum will increase to $917.2...
Supreme Court notifies ex-president decision
Panama’s Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) released details on Wednesday of its recent decision to decline its competence in the...
Femicide sends two to jail for 45 years
Two men were sentenced on Thursday, January,3 to 45 years and six months in prison after being found guilty of...
Comptroller annuls checks, deputies suspend debate
Panama’s lawmakers are facing a new battle with the nation’s Comptroller, Federico Humbert, who has annulled more than 500 salary...
OPINION: Rewarding the powerful with impunity
IN the corridors of the Supreme Court of Justice it is rumored that a draft ruling declaring that the deputy...
414 Panama homicides in 2018
Murders in Panama continued at over one a day in 2018 with a total of 414 ten less than the...
Tortoise approach death knell for key election promise
President Juan Carlos Varela was nicknamed “The Tortoise” early on in his term and his slow moves on a key...
Decisions favoring high profile accused, appealed
THREE APPEALS against rulings favoring high profile figures in the previous administration made by Fifteenth Criminal Court Judge Leslie Loaiza...
New agricultural market operating
The cleanliness of the facilities is the first thing that jumps out at “Merca Panama” the new central agricultural market...
San Miguelito metrocable will be a concession
A metro cableway to carry 3,000 people an hour to connections with Metro lines 1 and 2 proposed for the...
