New airport terminal 99% complete after 7 years
After seven years of construction, six addenda and a delay of four years, the 116, 000 thousand square meters...
Year: 2020
Lawyer who moved multi-million Martinelli era bribes stays in jail
The lawyer Mauricio Cort y García managed, received and transferred the “ illegal funds ” received through a public limited...
Blitz to recover $280 million social security payments from delinquent businesses
With the threat that in three years the reserves of Panama’s Social Security Fund (CSS) will have dried up, the...
Repeat sex crimes teen behind bars
A young male adult who was ordered to receive psychological treatment after posting videos of himself molesting women in...
Wuhan virus first case in Americas as deah toll reaches 17
An epidemiological alert has been issued in Panama and countries of the Americas after it was confirmed on Tuesday that...
Fourth Canal bridge design decision this week
Work on the $1.42 billion fourth bridge over the Panama Canal should start this quarter following a review meeting between...
Martinelli wiretap lawyer accused of witness intimidation
A key witness in the wiretapping case of Ricardo Martinelli has filed a criminal complaint against Alfredo Vallarino Alemán, one...
City crackdown nets crop of license plate defaulters
The crackdown on drivers with expired license plates began in Plaza 5 de Mayo and quickly spread across Panama city...
Panama Beach project consultation delayed
The citizen consultation on Mayor José Luis Fábrega’ s $120 million project to bring reaches back to Bella Vista and...
Canal Authority $2 billion rescue plan
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) projects an investment plan that adds about $2 billion in the next five years to...
Panama’s water crisis
Never before has the water situation been so critical for the country. The legacy of decades of improvisation and environmental...
Over 3,000 including children displaced in narco war
Over 3,000 people, including more than 1,000 children, have been displaced in the municipality of Tumaco, in southwestern Colombia, due...
