Capping interest rates could create bank exodus
The approval of a Bill 420, establishing a ceiling of 1.5%. monthly on interest rates, could see foreign banks leaving...
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9 communities isolated as rainfall wrecks bridge
Heavy rains on Wednesday, October 7 left nine Veraguas communities incommunicado after the flooding of the Las Lajas river destroyed...
‘pro-family’ activists protest equal marriage
"Pro-family" activists and religious organizations demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, October calling on the judges to...
5-yeqr license plates bill moves ahead
A bill to extend the validity of Panama vehicle license plates to five years was approved in Third Reading in...
Court orders Transport Authority to provide lawmaker with info on taxi licenses
Panama’s Supreme Court has given the Transportation Authority (ATTT) five days to provide the independent lawmaker, Gabriel Silva , with...
More defendants in multi-millions bribery scandal as clock running out
As the clock ticks down to the final week of the multi-million dollar Odebrecht bribery case special anti-corruption prosecutor Ruth...
Border with Costa Rica remains closed as presidential stand-off continues
Panama’s border with Costa Rica in Pano Canoas, remain closed as nationwide protests and road blockades continue to create traffic...
Impoverished school bus driverss block city highways
School bus owners closed all the lanes of Balboa Avenue and the Cinta Costera on Tuesday, September 6, seeking to...
Facebook removes Trump’s fake covid-19 post
Facebook and Twitter penalized comments by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday for minimizing the dangers of Covid-19 . A...
Panama cruise port will be 2 years late, cost millions more
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) , has negotiated an addendum of $40.9 million in additional disbursements to the consortium that...
WORLDVIEW; The China-US-Taiwan conundrum
By Jonathan Power China has decided once again- as it does periodically- to up the anti with Taiwan, the big...
Martinelli faces $96 million laundering and corruption complaint
The Baltasar Garzón Foundation (Fibgar) has presented, in the National Court of Spain, a complaint against former president Ricardo Martinelli...
