BUSINESS
Retrograde tobacco bill to get Varela veto
After outcries from The Ministry of Health (Minsa), cancer centers and NGO’s President Juan Carlos Varela has promised to veto...
Pirate buses warned off Metro routes
Pirate bus owners have been warned that they cannot operate on the same routes as the Metro buses and the...
6 bids for Isla Colon facelift
Six companies have submitted tenders to The Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) for the design and construction of the tourist revitalization...
San Carlos fishermen get tourism boost
A project to equip the beaches with facilities such as bathrooms, showers, parking lots and a perimeter wall was presented...
After 6 years blight remains
Six years have passed since the approval of the order to remove the overhead cables which disfigure Panama’s banking area but the...
Windmills treeplanting to battle drought
Cattle ranchers in Azuero are resorting to windmills to extract water from deep levels and then deposits it in a...
Lack of pruning causing blackouts
The majority of power cuts in Western Panama are caused mostly by trees that have not been pruned by...
Holy Week liquor, dancing, music ban
The sale of liquor on the isthmus will be banned on Friday April 19 from 12:01 am to 12:00...
Court nixes ex-minister's appeal
The Supreme Court (CSJ) has confirmed a decision of the First Superior Court, which denied an appeal amparo of constitutional...
Fast-Food, speedy delivery
Home delivery of restaurant food continues to boom in Panama with businesses such as Appetito 24, Glovo and Uber Eats...
Etesa gets thumbs up from Fitch and Moody’s
The Fitch Ratings rating company on Wednesday, April 2 assigned a rating of 'BBB' and a national long-term rating of...
