$6 billion investor in Panama reacts to National Assembly snub
Minera Panama is the biggest private investor in the history of Panama and is respectful of national laws and trusts...
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One dead, 11 injured in latest bus crash
A 50- year-old, woman passenger was the latest victim in a plague of highway accidents involving buses. Official information reveals...
Panama Wants More as Contract with Minera Stymied
A bill approving a contract between the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MICI) and t Minera Panama) which has invested...
Sex-video on social media prompts woman’s suicide
Spanish police are investigating the suicide of a young woman after the dissemination of a video of a sexual nature...
Chiriqui deluge rockets vegetable prices
Heavy rains in Chiriqui, the source of 80% of vegetables sold in the Panama Merca have caused shortages and price...
Cortizo vows constitution referedum in a year
Laurentino Nito CortizoPanama’s president-elect seems determined to distance himself from the plodding ways which earned his predecessor the “tortoise sobriquet....
School ship for maritime cadets on Cortizo priority list
President-elect, Laurentino Cortizo made a commitment during his election campaign that the country would acquire a school ship to complete...
Corrupted jailers get prison terms
Five former employees of Panama’s Penitentiary System (SPN) who were part of a corruption network in the system, are among...
Waterspout hits land in Colon
Vehicles and roofs were damaged in Colon province on Monday when a waterspout hit land accompanied by tornadic winds and...
Time frame 80% gone, $89 million project 10% complete
Panama’s Ministry of Public Works (MOP) and the Italian construction company Astaldi are digging in for what could be...
