Social tensions prompt regional economic stagnation fears
The economic outlook in Latin America in 2020 is darkened by internal conflicts and unstable administrations The International Monetary Fund...
BUSINESS
Bonus time for visitors as Panama hotel industry in doldrums
Panama hotel occupancy has plunged to an all-time low of less than 39 % from a high point of over...
More airlines isolate China as virus spreads
On the eve of a WHO meeting likely to announce a worldwide alert about the coronavirus outbreak airlines across the...
British Airwaya joins rush to suspend China flights
British Airways (BA) on Wednesday, January 28 became the latest airline to suspend or modify their flight programs due to...
Cameras will be ticketing errant city drivers
Errant Panama City drivers tempted to jump traffic lights will soon find themselves under surveillance, and ticketed as the Transport...
Work on fourth Panama Canal bridge set to begin late March
Work on the Fourth Bridge over the Panama Canal is set to begin at the end of March according to...
Korean consortium gets new thumbs up for Metro Line 3.
The evaluation commission that analyzed the proposals for the construction of Metro line 3 has ratified the results of its...
All Asian travelers under scrutiny in Panama
TRAVELERS arriving in Panama have to complete a health survey says the Ministry of Health (Minsa) The Ministry of Health...
Comptroller orders audit of $13 billion public projects
PANAMA Comptroller, Gerardo Solís, has ordered an audit of the $13 billion invested in public works in the last 10...
Panama public debt surges past $31 billion
The balance of the debt of Panama’s non-financial public sector closed 2019 at $ a record 31,018.5 billion, reports the Directorate...
Panama shows little progress in fight against corruption
Panama continues its slide down the corruption scale and now stands in the 101st position of 180 countries evaluated by...
