Worlds longest nonstop flight Panama bound
THE LONGEST nonstop flight in the world will have Panama as its destination from February 1, 2016.Emirates airline has announced...
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Emergency funding to aid drought stricken farmers
AS PANAMA begins a 60 day state of emergency brought on by an extended drought and forecasts of the effects...
Papadimitriu loses appeal over free land grab
PANAMA’S Supreme Court ruled against a constitutional claim filed against an Executive Decree which ordered the expropriation without compensation of...
Government revenue and deficit fall
WHILE Panama’s government revenues for the first half of 2015 fell 3 percent compared with the same period last year,...
More detentions in Virzi kickback scandal
TWO MORE suspects with alleged links to the kickback scandal involving the company Hidalgo & Hidalgo (H & H), and...
Canal expansion strike avoided
The looming strike of construction workers, which threatened to delay the completion of the Panama Canal expansion project, by April...
PANAMA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY
THE EL NIÑO weather pattern, which has affected 70 percent of the country has caused a shortage of rain, which...
Son and daughter of former PAN boss behind bars
JONATHAN GUARDIA ANDRIÓN became the third member of the same family ordered to remain in preventive detention following his interrogation...
Complaint filed over Paitilla Quarry
Complaint filed over Paitilla “Quarry” A PAITILLA BUILDING project that has been riling residents for months, is basically a...
A new call to an old cell phone from a Panama watershed
By Margot Thomas WHERE do old cellphones go when they are no longer your new proud acquisition - or breath...
WORLD VIEW: Moving backwards as we move forward
By Jonathan Power MANKIND got rid of African slave trading. It got rid of dueling. It got rid of torture....
Banco Universal on the selling block
THE TROUBLED Banco Universal went up for sale on Monday August 10, to protect the interests of depositors.The bank’s name...
