OFF THE CUFF: Visitor spending up nearly 15%
VISITOR spending in Panama jumped 14.7% in the first quarter of 2015 and reached $1.29 billion. (more…)
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$100,402 Rent For Never Used Anti-Corruption School
A LOCATION intended for the operation of an Anti-Corruption Academy, was rented from the sister of, Carlos Orillac, former head...
Food Price controls to be extended
PANAMA’S price control committee will recommend to the President, Juan Carlos Varela a six month’s extension of price controls on...
Martinelli lawyers seeking to duck wiretapping trial
THE LAWYERS of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli will continue their battle to keep their client from being tried the Supreme Court...
Panama tortoise Economy up 5.9% in first quarter
WHILE PUBLIC attention is largely focused on the daily unraveling of the corruption structure that plagued the country during the...
Anti-hydro protestors block Transamerica highway
AFTER a four hour march some 50 indigenous ethnic Ngäbe Bugle from the Tolé community reached the entrance to the...
OFF THE CUFF: The persecution worm turns
OFF THE CUFF: The persecution worm turns FORMER president Ricardo Martinelli and his shrinking coterie of supporters continue to...
A sweet beginning and a dark end
By Margot Thomas IN THE LAST five years the CanadaPLUS Club founded in Panama, has grown to over 500 members...
Chasing corruption on a tricycle
PANAMA’S Public Ministry has done a good job in in recent months but it needs a larger budget because you...
Panama robbed of $115.9 million in Martinelli years
“IRREGULARITIES” uncovered in the management of public funds during the previous administration amount to date to $115.9 million according to...
3 Taxi accidents kill 2, injure 9,. road carnage hits 195
TAXIS were involved in three recent serious road incidents killing two people and injuring at least five, one seriously. bringing...
Milk production down 50% in Azuero region
LACK OF WATER and pasture in the Azuero region has cut milk production, specifically in the province of Los Santos,...
