Ex-Minister to trial in $47.5 million overpricing case
Panama’s former Minister of Public Works, in the Marinelli administration, José "Pepe" Suárez and Jorge Luis Sánchez have been...
BUSINESS
No compensation for pirate buses – ATTT
As the crackdown continues on pirate buses attempting to operate on public transit routes continues The Transit Authority (ATTT), has...
Questions on controversial oil terminal ownership ignored
Members of an environmental advocacy group were blocked from a Monday, April 15 press conference called by Bona Pacific Corp....
Chinese and Spanish bids for new children’s hospital
After years of delay, and ongoing pleas and protests the staff of Panama’s crumbling children’s hospital can now expect to...
Waterless Sunday for city hospitals, homes, businesses
Some current presidential candidates are promising, like Juan Carlos Varela the sitting leader, to solve the country’s recurrent water problems....
80% of Colon oil slick contained
Some 80% of the oil spilled in an area near the port of Cristóbal, in Colón. Has been mopped up...
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...
