Government hires more tax collectors
PANAMA’S government added 2,806 employees to its payroll in the first six months of the year bringing the number of...
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4th Martinelli case to Supreme Court
COPIES OF authenticated copies of the file linking president Ricardo Martinelli, with irregular business operations of Collections del Istmo, SA...
Indigenous groups resume road closings
THE THREAT of Indigenous leaders to close highways to back their demand for the closing of the Barro Blanco hydroelectric...
Martinelli immunity lifted in wiretapping case
PANAMA’S Electoral Tribunal (TE) lifted the immunity from criminal prosecution of former president Ricardo Martinelli, at the request of the...
Schools renovation program launched
PANAMA has taken the first step in a program to renovate 350 schools whose structures have languished without repairs for...
Pirate buses defy sanctions
PIRATE BUSES continue to prowl the streets of Panama and its environs in spite of a Transit Authority (ATTT) crackdown...
Ex garbage boss faces money laundering probe
A MONEY LAUNDERING investigation has been opened against Zenon Navalo, the former director of Panama’s garbage agency AAUD, after his...
UN aids stalled Barro Blanco talks
UNITED NATIONS officials met with indigenous leaders and Panama government representatives on Sunday, August 2 to help get stalled talks...
Strained Forensic Institute seeks major budget boost
PANAMA’S INSTITUTE of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences is calling for a major budget boost for next year, saying they...
Panama flooded with illegal child care centers
BEWARE: Panama is awash with illegal private child and family counselling centers, which offer daycare to children under five, says...
Attorney General negates political persecution
PANAMA’S Attorney General hit back on Sunday, August 2, at critics of the ongoing corruption investigations who follow the mantra...
Mexico bound flight returns to Tocumen
A COPA AIRLINES flight from Panama to Monterrey (Mexico) on Sunday morning, August 2, was forced to return to the...
