Consumer watchdog slaps $80,500 fines on overcharging minisupers
Fines totaling $80,500 were handed out to 44 stores in a three-day blitz by Panama’s Consumer protection authority (Acodeco)...
BUSINESS
Ex-Public works official jailed 9 years for Odebrech bribes
Carlos Ho the former head of Special Projects of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), was sentenced on Monday, September...
59 heading for trial in $78,3 construction bribery scam
The anti-corruption prosecutor has asked the Fiscal Court to call to trial r 59 suspects involved in the Blue Apple...
ENVIRONMENT: Canal Authority reforests 129 hectares
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has reforested 65 hectares were reforested in the Azuero region (Los Pozos and Macaracas) as...
Copa flying high with awards
Copa Airlines was recognized as a “Five Star Airline” in the APEX Official Airline Rating 2020, awarded by the Association...
Former railway station refitting as museum
The building on Plaza 5 de Mayo that served Panama as a railway station from 1913 until 1960, when the...
MEDIAWATCH: No deal Brexit could spark UK civil unrest – report
MEDIAWATCH: No deal Brexit could spark UK civil unrest - report No-deal Brexit risks inflating food and fuel prices, disrupting...
Fiscal deficit more than double legal limit
Minister of Economy and Finance, Héctor Alexander told the National Assembly Budget Committee chaired by PRD deputy Benicio Robinson on ...
No cooling of tango with China says Panama president
Panama President, Laurentino Cortizo, ruled out on Wednesday, September 11 a cooling in relations with China, although the government...
Confessed bribery companies able to bid for public contracts
Companies like Odebrecht or those in the Blue Apple bribery scandal who have reached a deal with prosecutors will be...
Pressures on Panama to cool relations with China not effective – Ambassador
Pressures on Panama by a "great power" to cool relations with China are not working said China’s ambassador to Panama,...
