Panama human trafficking magnet
PANAMA’S capital city has become “ a magnet” for criminal networks involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation...
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Short brings day long Metro shutdown
PANAMA’ METRO Line 1 was closed down from 8.20 am on Saturday August 6, due to a "failure in the...
Bidding snafus for city icon
LESS THAN a month after Panama was named the site of Ibero-American Capital of Culture for 2019 the country’s...
Uber cash option distorts service Varela
Uber cash option distorts service –Varela PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela has come down on the side of social media and...
WTO to referee Panama-Colombia tax fight
THE WORLD Trade Organization (WTO) will has returned to attempting to resolve the ongoing tariff dispute between Panama and Colombia...
OPINION: Panamas Olympic heroes
Hoyporhoy La Prensa August 6 IN 1928, ADAM GORDON was the "Olympic loner" by becoming the first Panamanian to go...
Varela committee stars quit
THE TWO STAR members of a committee set up by President Juan Carlos Varela to review Panama’s financial industry have...
Odebrecht returns to eye of corruption storm
ODEBRECHT, the Brazilian construction giant that has received over $2 billion in Panama government contracts, is once again in the...
Uber cash ploy riles users, taxis
UBER’S move to allow Panama passengers to pay cash has aroused a fresh storm of controversy including drivers of the...
Dominican Republic arrests Panama fraudster
THE PRESIDENT of an Insurance company seized by Panama authorities last year, has been arrested in the Dominican Republic where...
Ex-Minister in corruption probe
FORMER Minister of Labor and Social Development (Mitradel), Alma Cortés is to face interrogation by an anti-corruption prosecutor for alleged...
Panama deficit down, rosy GDP projections
PANAMA’S deficit in the non-financial public sector in the first half of the year was fell to $519 million compared...
