Petaquilla repair bill to cost millions
REPAIRING the environmental damage caused by Petaquilla mining activities in the district of Donoso, Colon, will require the outlay of...
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Appeal denied for Mario Martinelli
PANAMA’S Supreme Court has denied an appeal for Mario Martinelli, the brother of ex-President Ricardo Martinelli, requesting the annulment of...
University rector fined for contempt
THE RECTOR of the University of Panama (UP) has been hit with a $300 fine for flouting a court order...
Advice: $14.4 million in 11 months
ADVICE doesn’t come cheap in Panama. The Directorate General of Revenue (DGI) has ordered the seizure of the assets of...
Prosecutor demands Judges house arrest, suspension
THE NATIONAL Assembly Deputy,Jorge Alberto Rosas, acting as prosecutor ecutor in the case involving Supreme Court Justice Victor Benavides, has called...
Panama Traffic Deaths reach 197
TWO MORE DEATHS bring the Panama toll from traffic accidents in the year so far, to 197 in less than ...
OFF THE CUFF: Visitor spending up nearly 15%
VISITOR spending in Panama jumped 14.7% in the first quarter of 2015 and reached $1.29 billion. (more…)
$100,402 Rent For Never Used Anti-Corruption School
A LOCATION intended for the operation of an Anti-Corruption Academy, was rented from the sister of, Carlos Orillac, former head...
Food Price controls to be extended
PANAMA’S price control committee will recommend to the President, Juan Carlos Varela a six month’s extension of price controls on...
Martinelli lawyers seeking to duck wiretapping trial
THE LAWYERS of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli will continue their battle to keep their client from being tried the Supreme Court...
Panama tortoise Economy up 5.9% in first quarter
WHILE PUBLIC attention is largely focused on the daily unraveling of the corruption structure that plagued the country during the...
Anti-hydro protestors block Transamerica highway
AFTER a four hour march some 50 indigenous ethnic Ngäbe Bugle from the Tolé community reached the entrance to the...
