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Independence Week events

October 31, 2015

THE COMING days will be marked by ceremonies and parades as Panama celebrates what has become Independence Week when thousands...

Government delays sales tax changes

October 30, 2015

UNDER PRESSURE from business groups The Ministry of Economy and Finance decided to defer changes to the collection of the...

Auto insurance company ordered liquidated

October 30, 2015

Auto insurance company ordered liquidated COMPLAINTS from auto insurance policy holders have led to the forced liquidation of a Panama...

Garuz washes hands of radar scandal

October 30, 2015

FORMER National Security Council Executive Secretary Alejandro Garuz passed the buck in the Selex invrstigation to erstwhile colleague former Minister of...

Royal Caribbean taking new look at Colon

October 30, 2015

PANAMA is firmly back in the sights of Royal Caribbean and last week officials from the company visited Panama for...

Woman killed for $300 in McDonalds

October 30, 2015

A 28-YEAR-OLD single mother was shot and killed in front of customers during a robbery in a McDonald's restaurant in...

OFF THE CUFF: Rally to support embezzlement suspect

October 30, 2015

IMITATING the dress code of the Civilista protestors who opposed Panama’s former Military Dictator Manuel Noriega, a group of relatives...

Raptors fill Panama skies

October 29, 2015

Raptors fill Panama skies MIGRATING raptors (birds of prey) including buzzards, hawks and eagles, have been filling the skies of Panama this...

382 foreigners detained by Panama Immigration

October 29, 2015

PANAMA’S IMMIGRATION service (SNM) detained 382 foreigners in the first eight months of the year. They included those working without permission while touring,...

Court suspends 2nd Finmeccanica project.

October 29, 2015

THE ITALIAN conglomerate Finmeccanica, currently embroiled in multiple international corruption investigations got yet another hit on its profit projection, from...