Minister of change spends it on luxury cars
What the papers say La Prensa June 25 Labor Minister, Alma Cortez, and her deputy, Luis Carles, have decided to...
Month: June 2010
Plans moving ahead for general strike in Panama
Protests against the omnibus 9 in 1 law continue in pockets across the country and organizers are making plans for...
Another look at Panama’s cellular love affair
From the Sidelines Is Panama’s love affair with cell phones a health risk? (more…)
Copa Airlines increases flights to Cuba
Copa Airlines flights to and from Havana, Cuba will be increased from next July, said airline executives in the Cuban...
Letters to the Editor
Letters and messages mourning the death of Richard Vizor, a figurehead in the expat community, continue to arrive. (more…)
Battle over illegal fishing sanctions firing in Panama
The waters of Panama’s of the Aquatic Resources Authority of (ARAP), got more muddied on Tuesday (June 22) when its...
Freezing the spread of casinos in Panama
What the papers say La Prensa, June 22 It seems inconceivable that the Comptroller General of the Republic has given...
Over vigilant Panama fisheries watchdog fired
Kriss Poveda, former National Director of Inspection, Supervision and Control of Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (ARAP), who was fired...
Panama license blitz nets ticket violators and errant drivers
If you are sitting with an unpaid traffic fine watch out as traffic rule “enforcement” has finally become the flavor...
More children hospitalized as encephalitis spreads in Panama
The equine encephalitis virus continues to spread across Panama with three more suspected cases identified in Darien. (more…)
Number of people poisoned by Social Security medicine will never be known
Four years after scores of people died from taking medicine contaminated with diethylene glycol it has been announced that the...
National alert as encephalitis spreads
A countrywide alert about the spread of the encephalitis virus has been issued by the Ministry of Health. (more…)
