Restaurants prepare for Sep 28 reopening
After nearly 7 months of partial or total closure and others totally closed, on September 28, some 575 restaurants belonging...
Month: September 2020
Martinelli criminal case stymied by defense moves
The Special Prosecutor's Office against Organized Crime, headed by prosecutor Emeldo Márquez, has his hands tied in the “New Business”...
Panama Geisha coffee sets new world record at $1,300 a pound
While the world reels from the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19, pandemic Panama set a new price record for...
Testing brings Panama nearer control of Covid-19
The positivity rate from COsVID-19 has fallen below 15% for the first time in six-months reports the Ministry of Health....
737 crash report trashes Boeing and FAA
Two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max aircraft were partly due to the planemaker's unwillingness to share technical details, a...
Trump retweets fake anti-Biden video
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, September 16 retweeted a fake video that his Democratic opponent Joe Biden was playing...
"Likes" threats earn official 35% salary fine
The chief of staff of the Ministry of Housing (Miviot), José Ruiloba, who threatened staff who did not post “likes”...
Business chamber calls for less populism in Assembly
At a time when the country is preparing to rebuild the economy and recover jobs, initiatives in the National Assembly...
Panama specialty coffees add new varieties for world auction
Some 50 lots of Panama’s best coffee including two new varieties which enter the world’s major leagues in which Geisha...
Cortizo fires drug-carrying governor, names replacement
President Cortizo who appears to have been wearing blinkers in the face of ethical violations by high profile members of...
University students and staff re-ignite protests
Students from the University of Panama (UP) returned to the streets on Tuesday, September 15 to protest cuts in the...
Guna Yala governor caught with 79 drug packs
The governor of the Guna Yala region, Erick Iván Martelo Robinson, was arrested at dawn on Tuesday, September 15, after...
