Only 38% of hotels plan October opening, 60% of workforce slashed
While Panama hotels are working on bio-security protocols to enable guests to feel safe, only 36 percent will re-open their...
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Capping interest rates could create bank exodus
The approval of a Bill 420, establishing a ceiling of 1.5%. monthly on interest rates, could see foreign banks leaving...
9 communities isolated as rainfall wrecks bridge
Heavy rains on Wednesday, October 7 left nine Veraguas communities incommunicado after the flooding of the Las Lajas river destroyed...
‘pro-family’ activists protest equal marriage
"Pro-family" activists and religious organizations demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, October calling on the judges to...
5-yeqr license plates bill moves ahead
A bill to extend the validity of Panama vehicle license plates to five years was approved in Third Reading in...
Court orders Transport Authority to provide lawmaker with info on taxi licenses
Panama’s Supreme Court has given the Transportation Authority (ATTT) five days to provide the independent lawmaker, Gabriel Silva , with...
More defendants in multi-millions bribery scandal as clock running out
As the clock ticks down to the final week of the multi-million dollar Odebrecht bribery case special anti-corruption prosecutor Ruth...
Border with Costa Rica remains closed as presidential stand-off continues
Panama’s border with Costa Rica in Pano Canoas, remain closed as nationwide protests and road blockades continue to create traffic...
OPINION: Panama’s opium dream
Every day that passes, citizens must be sharper, since it seems that the State is a booty that is shared...
Impoverished school bus driverss block city highways
School bus owners closed all the lanes of Balboa Avenue and the Cinta Costera on Tuesday, September 6, seeking to...
Facebook removes Trump’s fake covid-19 post
Facebook and Twitter penalized comments by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday for minimizing the dangers of Covid-19 . A...
Panama cruise port will be 2 years late, cost millions more
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) , has negotiated an addendum of $40.9 million in additional disbursements to the consortium that...
