President sidesteps Isla Bona environmental appeal
The fight by environmental groups for the bill that declaring declares Boná Island as a protected area continues as...
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Martinelli ally hopes to thwart Varela appointments
The controversial chairman president of the National Assembly Credentials Committee the deputy Sergio "Chello" Gálvez, the self-described “sexual buffalo”...
Twin raids in $9 million sports scam probe
The Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office carried out simultaneous raids on Thursday, May 23 in Santa Ana and Parque Lefevre on...
ENVIRONMENT: 20,000 on standby for Panama Reforestation Day
Over 20,000 volunteers will plant 40,000 trees throughout Panama to mark the country’s fifth National Day of Reforestation on June...
Two dead in speeding busito accident
A highway accident that took the lives of two people motorcyclist and a minibus driver on the Penonomé-Pajonal route...
$614 million contract for new children’s hospital
After six years of prevarication, the Ministry of Health has selected a company for the construction of a $614...
Chinese Line 3 bidder in corruption upset
A Chinese company in the running for the construction of Line 3 of the Panama Metro, been accused of corruption...
Second nominee for Canal board opts out
Panama’s ambassador to of Panama in the United States, Emanuel González-Revilla, became the second of the nominees to the...
Appeals against Capira deputy and mayor election rejected
In the see-saw world of Panama politics, the Third Electoral Court rejected on May 22 the objection against the election ...
Gasoline prices continue fall
Gasoline prices will fall two cents a liter on Friday, May 24. The 95-octane gasoline will drop to .85 cents...
US-China trade war hits Canal and the world – Cortizo
Panama’s president-elect Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo, said affirmed on Tuesday, May 21 that the USA-China trade war "not only affects the...
Tourism tax incentives extended
TAX INCENTIVES created with the aim of expanding the supply of infrastructure and tourist products in Panama have been...
