Deputies move to end TV presidential debates
Televised political debates which attract millions of viewers in other countries, and can sometimes make or break a candidate’s chance...
Month: November 2011
PENN STATE SEX SCANDAL: A speech “not given”
by Mark Scheinbaum For two days folks have asked me about the moral issues in...
Bargain of the year awaiting returning snowbirds
By Emilie Gordon As our friends and relatives far to the north brace for what threatens to be a long tough...
Security Minister made a $480,000 signing mistake on behalf of top cop
Panama’s Security Minister, Jose Raul Mulino, yesterday described as a "mistake" the signing of an order to pay $480,123 to...
Mayors urged to implement new disco closing hours
While discotheque and bar owners have predictably opposed a new law regulating opening times, Panama’s provincial governor has called on...
Striking medical staff awaiting government response to counterproposals
Striking doctors and medical workers are still awaiting a response from the government to counterproposals to the government’s “return to...
Panama challenging Costa Rica for tourism dollars
Panama as a tourist destination has surpassed Costa Rica, its largest competitor in the region in terms of percentage growth...
Comptroller nixes 21 years back pay to police chief
Panama’s Comptroller General, Gioconda de Bianchini, has blocked the 21 years of back pay to to Gustavo Perez, director of...
Land grabbers lose out as state retakes titles
The 12 pieces of land in Juan Hombrón, Cocle, to which corporations got free title and the prime land in...
Noriega supporter gets back pay while opponents get zero
An announcement by Security Minister Jose Raul Mulino that the chief of police who stood by former dictator Manuel Antonio...
Man with murder record held in ex-governor murder inquiry
A man with a criminal record including murder and theft has been arrested on suspicion of murdering the former governor...
Poor women given government food bags to stage demonstration Vice-President
Panama’s Vice President, Juan Carlos Varela, demanded an explanation from the Martinelli government about women who were “tricked” into staging...
