Martinelli Minister and sister Swiss spending spree
CALLS FOR speedy a speedy investigation of former Labor Minister Alma Cortés and her sister Lourdes over a $25,000 taxpayer...
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Corruption helps push Panama down competitiveness index
PANAMA fell eight spots in the 2014-15 global competitiveness index released Tuesday, September s by the World Economic Forum. ....
Copa Airlines adds direct flights to Cuba, Brazil
COPA AIRLINES continues to expand its network of direct flights from Panama. Starting in December 2014 Copa Airlines will fly...
La Joya fraud suspect holds center stage in Canada.
PANAMA’S most notorious prison, and one of its “star” prisoners awaiting trial in Canada on $22.5 million dollar fraud charges,...
Varela to meet Pope on first official Europe trip
POPE FRANCIS will meet with the president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, on Friday September 5 said the Press Office...
Panama pensions UP, qualifying age DOWN
ON THE EVE of a visit to Europe, including an audience with the Pope, President Juan Carlos Varela made good...
OFF THE CUFF: Nepotism charge claims first victim
ACCUSATIONS of nepotism in Panama’s new government have claimed their first victim. Jaime Alemán Arosemena, nephew of the Minister of...
15 ,bars, restaurants hit for noise and health violations
AT LEAST 15 owners of bars, clubs and restaurants in San Felipe will be taking time off from their businesses...
Panama rice growers get $20 million subsidy
AN AGREEMENT to set the purchase price of rice and check for any increases in the final consumer price has...
Contract cancelled but gambling operation continues
ALTHOUGH CARTONS containing thousands of Buko Millionaire,tickets were returned on Friday following the government decision to cancel the contract, the...
$273 million outsourced against law by government hospitals boss
PANAMA’S Social Security services outsourced contracts for patient care for more than $273 million, although it was against the law....
Four dead, two injured in drug ferrying crash
PANAMA’S DRUG trafficking industry claimed another four lives on Saturday, August 30, when a pickup truck carrying 85kilos of cocaine...
