Italian contractor claims pressure from Minister to donate hospital
An Italian businessman in line for a government contract to build modular prisons in Panama said he was pressured by...
Month: December 2011
Civilistas demonstrate over Noriegas return
Protesters dressed in white and carrying white flags gathered on Panama's Calle 50 on Friday to insist that Panama’s former...
Obama calls up Teddy Roosevelt for the charge
US President Teddy Roosevelt was one of the driving forces behind the building of the Panama Canal and today his...
Social development program asks for more
The director of the Social Development Program (Prodec), Vladimir Herrera, says that it will request an increase in the contributions...
Operation shoebox will help bring Christmas to the needy
With Lourdes Quijada An old shoe box may not seem to have much to do with Christmas giving, but it...
Noriega arrives Sunday while Panamians greet Santa
PANAMA’S FORMER DICTATOR Manuel Antonio Noriega will be extradited from France to Panama on Sunday, while thousands of citizens will...
No call for extradition of Italian fugitive Foreign Minister
Panama’s Foreign Minister, Roberto Henriquez, does not know if Valter Lavitola, is in Panama. Lavitola is a fugitive from Italian...
A 12th Night Revel in Casco Viejo, to top off Christmas festivities
The Entertainment Scene with Zuleira The CanadaPLUS Club which started Christmas in Panama with a Carols by Candlelight event in...
National security contracts revealed as Italian scandal widens
A day after the revelation of e-mails between close collaborators of President, Ricardo Martinelli, and a fugitive from Italian justice,...
Cantus Panama returns with last performance of the year
By Lourdes Quijada Fresh from their outstanding performance at Panama’s first Carols by Candlelight celebration Cantus Panama is readying for another...
Drinks curfew lifted in time for thieves happy hunting season
Just a day after Panama police warned of a December increase in crime, the city mayor signed a decree allowing the...
Local thieves and con artists looking forward to Christmas shopping
December is the month when local criminals do their Christmas shopping without cash or checks changing hands. (more…)
