OPINION: Panamas Olympic heroes
Hoyporhoy La Prensa August 6 IN 1928, ADAM GORDON was the "Olympic loner" by becoming the first Panamanian to go...
NEWS
Varela committee stars quit
THE TWO STAR members of a committee set up by President Juan Carlos Varela to review Panama’s financial industry have...
Odebrecht returns to eye of corruption storm
ODEBRECHT, the Brazilian construction giant that has received over $2 billion in Panama government contracts, is once again in the...
Uber cash ploy riles users, taxis
UBER’S move to allow Panama passengers to pay cash has aroused a fresh storm of controversy including drivers of the...
Dominican Republic arrests Panama fraudster
THE PRESIDENT of an Insurance company seized by Panama authorities last year, has been arrested in the Dominican Republic where...
Ex-Minister in corruption probe
FORMER Minister of Labor and Social Development (Mitradel), Alma Cortés is to face interrogation by an anti-corruption prosecutor for alleged...
Panama deficit down, rosy GDP projections
PANAMA’S deficit in the non-financial public sector in the first half of the year was fell to $519 million compared...
OPINION: A one man judicial show
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, Aug 4 NOT CONTENT with his sad role during the past administration and his questionable repeated trips...
Martinelli extradition process to continue
LAWYERS struggling to keep former president Ricardo Martinelli from facing justice in Panama got another thumbs down on Thursday August...
Trade war with Colombia escalates
PANAMA’S TRADE war with Colombia edged up a notch this week with a Cabinet move to raise tariff rates on four...
CD caucus plans Cortes ousting
Dissenting members of the CD legislative caucus want the head of the party’s acting president Alma Cortes. The beleaguered former...
Restaurants have weekend to adjust to no inclusive tips
RESTAURANTS will have a weekend breathing space to adjust their billing equipment to the “no tips included” regulation which was...
