City to rent buses to aid government bus snafu
Panama’s public transit crisis took another turn on Friday, April 5 with the city council approving the rental of buses...
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President creates discretionary spending record
Despite campaign promises to cut presidential discretionary spending, President Ricardo Martinelli has outstripped his predecessors after only 42 months in...
Two wannabe mayors take opposite sides for presidential primary
Divisions within the ruling Democratic Change (CD) party are surfacing in the run up to the party’s primaries (more…)
Panama facing human rights charges
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington DC, has initiated cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights...
More promises to solve transportation crisis.
After weeks of public transport chaos, government obfuscation, buck passing and denial of a bus shortage, additional Metro buses will...
Bill proposes new anti-corruption czar
A new National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information, to replace the Secretariat of Transparency Against Corruption, would consider...
Former electoral judge to run for president as an independent
Former Electoral Tribunal (TE) magistrate Gerardo Solis is planning to run for president as an independent in in the next...
Misappropriation complaint launched against CD deputies
The legal front of the Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD) filed a complaint on Wednesday April 3 against several members of...
Defectors to CD party on property buying spree
Two deputies who jumped from the PRD party to the governing Democratic Change (CD) purchased six apartments worth almost a...
Mi Bus blames supply and demand for long waits
Passengers who wait up to two hours for a Metro bus in off peak hours are the victims of the...
Pensioners to get 20% raise in election year
Election year, 2014, will see a jump in the "100 for 70" program which gives pensioners 70 and above, $100...
Parking lot tender transparent says mayor
Panama’s mayor, Roxana Mendez, responded on Tuesday April 2 to a newspaper investigation revealing that two newly formed companies with...
