Month: July 2019
Lawmaker targets “foreign” music
Foreign music is the new target of Zulay Rodríguez Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD deputy ), who has presented a bill...
Four dead, one critical in traffic accidents
Two adults and a minor were killed in a Thursday night accident involving an articulated truck and a sedan on...
Investigation of former president Varela said underway
An investigation of the ex-president Juan Carlos Varela, has already opened, after a complaint of money laundering, organized crime,...
Property tax withholding plan begins August 1
Panama’s property tax withholding system kicks in on August 1, to speed up the receipt of payments. Rafael Brown, legal...
Ex Assembly president facing scam charges
Former National Assembly president and PRD deputy Rubén De León will appear in court on August 6 to face...
$500.000 bail for $3 million laundering suspect
A Martinelli era government official who fled to the United States while facing money laundering charges must pay $500,000 bail...
OPINION: Servility the path to exit door
The National Assembly is our parliament. There 71 officials elected by the people discuss and analyze issues of national interest....
Only 27% of city parking meters in service
Only 27% of Panama’s 1,494 parking meters are working. The rest have been vandalized by thieves who take not only...