Mayor nixes veto on building permit prices
PANAMA MAYOR José Isabel Blandón has rejected demands by developers to veto the increase in building permit prices. In a Tuesday...
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OFF THE CUFF: Developers fight permit price increase
The National Council of Housing Promoters (Convivienda) has predictably given a thumbs down to a Panama City Municipal Council move ...
OPINION: A better world for the poor
By Jonathan Power PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump is about to make the American rich even richer with his plan to cut...
Jobs on the line at Panamas oldest newspaper
THE JOBS of 250 workers of the Editorial Group El Siglo and La Estrella (Gese) are on the line and...
Ex bank boss to stay behind bars
RICCARDO FRANCOLINI, former chair of the board of the government Savings Bank (CA) during the last government, looks set to...
Police seek outside help, to identify 6 murder victims
INVESTIGATIONS are continuing to identify the five men and one woman whose bound and burned bodies were thrown into a...
Bridge of Americas crawl frustrations
With plans underway to ease the anticipated Christmas season traffic snarls for Panama motorists, drivers coming from the interior are...
Chamber of Commerce cool to late traffic snarl plans
PANAMA’S Chamber of Commerce has given a muted approval to the recently announced government measures to combat the city’s traffic...
Auto Insurance payouts climb 18.9 percent
AUTO-INSURANCE pay-outs in Panama jumped $20.8 million (18.9 percent) in the first nine months of the year. Claims of $130.8 million ...
Sex with a minor means jail time
SEX WITH A MINOR, even in a permanent relationship can put the adult behind bars for two-four years. This is...
Two police deaths bring road carnage to 397.
TWO POLICE officers who died in traffic accidents within hours of each other, brought the total of fatalities on Panama...
Social security dialogue planned
PANAMA’S growing economy has kept the country’s Social Security prpgram (CSS) from running a deficit, but a a national dialogue is planned on the future of the pension...
