Varela names wall that must be built
THE TRUMP organization committed an error in writing to President Juan Carlos Varela requesting his intervention in a dispute over...
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Construction workers reject 2 cents an hour raise
Social networks in Panama are alive with conflicting views on the actions of members of the construction workers union (Suntracs)...
WORLDVIEW: Negotiation not bombs
By Jonathan Power 500,000 dead and counting. President Bashar al-Assad is going full blast at reducing the parts of his...
Leaders haggle as workers take to streets
WHILE thousands of members of the Construction and Allied Workers Union (SUNTRACS) took to the streets across the country...
MEDIAWATCH: Trumps Rush to Judgment
By Scott Ritter (in The American Conservative) While Russian (and Syrian) claims of innocence regarding the alleged chemical weapons attack...
Japanese company takes over Panama distributor
The shakeup in Panama auto distributorships continues with the announcement that the Japanese group ITOCHU Corporation is now the majority...
Ex-Ministers laundering hearing delayed 30 days
A call to judgment for former Minister of Social Development Guillermo Ferrufino and other defendants including his wife for alleged...
Anti-corruption probe into $300 million social security scam
The Public Ministry (MP) has initiated an investigation into Panama’s latest corruption scandal: the embezzlement of $300 million in employer-employee...
Diethylene glycol prisoner denied early release
THE FORMER director of Panama’s Social Security Fund (CSS), will stay behind bars until month’s end after a compliance judge,...
Panama auto sales continue downward plunge
The sale of new automobiles in Panama continues to plummet with a fall of 10.5 percent in the first two...
OPINION: Panamas privileged public servants
The definition of place of residence has different versions: one for ordinary citizens and another for candidates for popularly elected...
Varela returns to country in turmoil
PRESIDENT Varela has returned to Panama from the Summit of the Americas where he signed on to a spoken agreement...
