Call for specialists to obtain COVID-19 equipment after ventilator snafu
The price-gouging scandal linked to the purchasing of ventilators for use in Panama’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic has led...
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Investigation opened into ventilator buy
Just hours after two advisors to the Ministry of Health (Minsa) on COVID-19 Tweeted on Saturday, April 25 their concerns...
Virus advisors denounce $5.2 million price gouging for ventilators
A day after an official of the Comptroller General’s office was sanctioned for ordering overpriced face masks a new storm...
Political obsession weakening financial sector
Bill 234, presented last January, aims to change the rules of credit in financial institutions in Panama. It would set...
Construction industry shutdown extension affects 70,000 workers
The month-long shutdown of Panama’s construction industry has been extended for another 30 days The decision was promulgated in an ...
Sanction for official who ordered overpriced face masks
A 35-year veteran in the Comptroller General’s legislative office has been sanctioned for nearly paying through the nose for 7,000...
Minera Panama suspends 7000 worker contracts
Minera Panamá the Canadian controlled mining giant that has spent billions of dollars developing a mine to extract copper, gold,...
Panama’s virtual march for science
Panamanian scientists and friends of science will unite online from April 22 to 26, 2020 to celebrate the fourth...
Copa plans to resume flights from June 1
Copa Airlines will increase humanitarian flights between, between May 23 and 31 a first step towards transporting passengers again...
Trump names new ambassador to Panama
President Donald Trump has named Erik Paul Bethel as the new United States Ambassador to Panama, says a note from...
