BUSINESS
‘Best’ low-cost airline has new CEO, expansion plans
Wingo airline listed for the second consecutive year as the best low-cost airline in Latin America, according to KAYAK travelers,...
Alleged WhatsApp messages of Panama ex-president revealed
Alleged communications via WhatsApp of former President Juan Carlos Varela (2014-2019) with the Attorney General of the Nation, Kenya Porcell,...
Peru jails 14 lawyers as Panama sleeps
While Panama’s search for justice in the Odebrecht bribery scandal has yet to put any prominent figures from previous administrations...
Air Europa sale will power up Madrid-America links
Iberia, a subsidiary of the British-Spanish-British group IAG, reached an agreement to buy the Spanish airline Air Europa, putting ...
Cost of national flag on tallest building raises eyebrows
The reported near $70,000 price tag for a three-minute illumination of the world’s tallest building with the Panamanian flag has...
Hidden costs of beach pipe dream
The initiative to condition an artificial beach in the coastal strip advances. The Municipality of Panama is about to award...
Fire insurance premium swell as claims fall
As of August of this year, some 319,605 residential units were insured with a fire policy, But although there was...
Ex-president got $6.5 million bribe for contracts – indictment
A bribe of at least $6. 5 million was paid to former president Ricardo Martinelli by the Spanish construction company...
Incoming Metro boss will collaborate in $91 million bribery probe
The newly named director-general and president of the board of directors of Metro de Panamá, SA, Héctor Ortega says that...
Bank of America’s predicts lower Panama growth
The bank Bank of America Merrill Lynch estimates that Panama’s economic growth over the next year will be 3%, a...