Company providing no bid helicopters to Panama in corruption scandal
A growing tendency to to issue no bid contracts has come under public scrutiny again with the news that an...
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Legislators told to cancel foreign trips and knuckle down to business.
Faced with a long list of pending legislation members of Panama’s National Assembly have been told that all foreign missions,...
Panamas national parks underfunded
None of Panama's national parks have enough funding, and most of them are drastically underfunded according to a report by...
Marathon sitting ends in win win situation says President
The ninety days of meetings on the chorizo or sausage law 30 ,in which nine different projects were rushed through the...
Flip flop on electoral financing
President Ricardo Martinelli did another back flip at the end of the week, announcing that he will reduce, but not...
Sausage law 30 to be repealed
After months of insisting that it would not repeal Law 30, the controversial act that introduced labor and environmental reforms...
Canal authority accord with Spanish port
Canal authority accord with Spanish port The Panama Canal Authority and the port authority of Algeciras in Spain have signed...
Security gets a $50 million increment
Another $50 million has been allocated to security in Panama. (more…)
Illegally harvested turtle eggs seized
Two shipments of illegally harvested turtle eggs, many already cooked have been seized in Las Tablas, Panama. (more…)
City council’s last hurrah on garbage
Because Panama’s garbage crisis remains in the hands of the City Council until January 2011 it has been forced to...
Airlines smoothing the way to Panamas tourist hot spots
Three Panamanian airlines are developing strategies to make it easier for travelers to get from Panama City to the country’s...
Panama’s Immigration revolving door
They sneak them in and they kick them out, but Panama's immigration workers are kept busy. (more…)
