Five Panama newspapers risk closure
PANAMA could be on the edge of losing five of its daily newspapers because of "administrative and judicial cases" involving...
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Three bankshit for money laundering flaws
THE STATE-OWNED National Bank is one of three that have been sanctioned for laxity in applying standards to prevent money...
Prosecutor battles crime, budget cuts
WHILE PANAMA anti corruption prosecutors fight to cope with an unprecedented case load largely related to the previous administration and...
Human Rights Watch asks US to sanction black listed Martinelli
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked the US Government to impose financial sanctions and visa bans on 15 individuals considered...
Hurricane Harvey hikes Panama gas prices
PANAMA motorists will feel the delayed effects of Hurricane Harvey from Friday, Sep. 15 as gasoline record their biggest price...
3 dead in recorded traffic horror
THREE PEOPLE were killed and one injured in a head on-collision between a pickup and a speeding taxi in Chepo...
“Nothing illegal” in $3.4 million hand out -Deputy
ONE of the Democratic Change (CD), deputies who received checks from a construction company granted a multi million dollar contract...
Panamas 5.8% GDP leads region
PANAMA'S GDP continues to lead the region and remains the envy of much of the world. according to a...
Former tax boss exits hospital to jail
THE FORMER head of the Directorate General of Revenue (DGI), Luis Cucalón, ended his two year sojourn avoiding justice in...
OPINION: Third World habits
IN PANAMA it is preferable to inaugurate new works rather than give maintenance and good care to those existing. How to...
CD deputies and businesses got kickbacks
EIGHT companies that received checks totaling $3.4 million from the company that got the contract for the extension and rehabilitation...
WORLD VIEW: Looking for cities built for man
By Jonathan Power “WHAT did these vain and presumptuous men intend? How did they expect to raise their lofty mass...
