Black Friday, early opening, late closing
FOR THE FIFTH year, Panama City’s leading shopping malls opened at 6 qm on Friday Nov. 26 for the anticipated...
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Court rejects complaint against prosecutors
A COMPLAINT of abuse of authority against four public prosectors has been provisionally dismissed by the Ninth Criminal Court. The...
Crash hero dies from burns
A DENTIST, who suffered severe burns while trying to rescue two men from a blazing gasoline truck on Saturday November...
Odebrecht confession deal hangs fire
A DEAL involving the mass confession of executives of the Brazilian group Odebrecht in a major corruption case involving Petrobras...
Black Friday shoppers warned to stay alert
PANAMA’S consumer protection agency, ACODECO, is warning shoppers to be careful on Black Friday Nov.25. After a rash of violations a year ago the agency...
Six bidders for $2,6 billion Metro 3
THE PRE –QUALIFING process for the construction of Metro line 3 is under way. The line will stretch from Albrook to La Chorrera. Companies interested in the project can tour the site of the work in December...
Canal and ports income falling
INCOME from ships transiting the Canal and the movement of cargos in the country’s ports dropped from January to September 2016....
MartineIl lawyers stymied in embezzlement case
PANAMA’S Supreme Court of Justice has nixed the latest move by lawyers for ex-president Rivardo Martinelli to block investigation ...
Most expensive US destroyer breaks down in Canal
USS ZUMWALT the most expensive destroyer ever built for the US Navy, broke down in the Panama Canal on Monday...
TODAY’S SMILE: Trump is right.
WHO SAYS building a border wall won't work? The Chinese built one over 2,000 years ago and they still...
Odebrecht facing $2.1 billion fine
THE BRAZILIAN construction giant Odebrecht S.A is to sign an agreement with prosecutors in which it will pay about the biggest fine ever leveed on a corporation ($2.1 billion) . After the signing of the agreement, the company can again compete for government contracts. The Prosecutor's Office has...
100 evacuated in Bocas del Toro
A HUNDRED people including children, evacuated from their homes in Bocas del Toro earlier in the week, are being housed...
