NEWS

Paitilla residents win development fight

July 5, 2014

PANAMA’S Supreme Court (CSJ) has come down in favor of Paitilla residents who have been fighting a zoning change in...

Supreme Court hits speed control camera deal

July 4, 2014

PANAMA’S SUPREME COURT has ruled that the speed control cameras provided by the company Traffic Safety can't be used. When...

Locks changed at scandal ridden brokerage

July 4, 2014

THE LOCKS at Financial Pacific(FP) have been changed and the Superintendency of Securities (SMV), has taken control of the firm...

Date set for Martinelli statement in Italy extortion trial

July 3, 2014

The witness statement of Panama’s former president, Ricardo Martinelli, has been set for Thursday September 18, in the Naples, Italy,...

Herbicide seized at polluted river site

July 3, 2014

Herbicide seized at polluted river site WITH A STATE of emergency in effect in Azuero and 150,000 people without safe...

Navarro resigns as PRD leader

July 3, 2014

JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO, former presidential candidate, announced Thursday July 3, his resignation as general secretary of the National Executive Committee...

Basic food price controls start July 7

July 3, 2014

PRICE CONTROLS on 22 basic food products come into force in Panama on Monday July 7 and depending which side...

Another “best yet” for Canada Day celebration

July 3, 2014

By Margot Thomas WHILE scoresof thousands of Panamanians breathed a sigh of relief and cheered the July 1 inauguration of...

Supreme Court declares Martinelli revenue law unconstitutional

July 3, 2014

PANAMA’S Supreme Court on Thursday July 3, declared the law creating the National Public Revenue Authority under former President Ricardo Martinelli...

Pardon for Social Security employee under scam investigation

July 3, 2014

FORMER Social Security (CSS)General Secretary Doris Arias has been pardoned by former President Ricardo Martinelli for alleged irregularities in the...