12 teams in Panama aiming for U-17 World Cup
Panamanian soccer fans will get a preview of some of the world's future soccer stars as the country hosts the...
Month: April 2013
CanadaPLUS club extending discount insurance benefits
By Dylis Jones The CanadaPLUS Club arguably Panama’s most innovative expat group, is introducing a major new benefit for its...
Martinelli to join group welcoming Obama to Costa Rica.
President Ricardo Martinelli will travel to Costa Rica when US President Barack Obama visits there in May although Panama is...
Sanctions against Metro Bus to continue – Martinelli
While his political ally, Panama Mayor Roxana Mendez was rallying the city council to help solve the Metro transit problems,...
City to rent buses to aid government bus snafu
Panama’s public transit crisis took another turn on Friday, April 5 with the city council approving the rental of buses...
President creates discretionary spending record
Despite campaign promises to cut presidential discretionary spending, President Ricardo Martinelli has outstripped his predecessors after only 42 months in...
Two wannabe mayors take opposite sides for presidential primary
Divisions within the ruling Democratic Change (CD) party are surfacing in the run up to the party’s primaries (more…)
Panama facing human rights charges
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington DC, has initiated cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights...
More promises to solve transportation crisis.
After weeks of public transport chaos, government obfuscation, buck passing and denial of a bus shortage, additional Metro buses will...
Bill proposes new anti-corruption czar
A new National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information, to replace the Secretariat of Transparency Against Corruption, would consider...
Former electoral judge to run for president as an independent
Former Electoral Tribunal (TE) magistrate Gerardo Solis is planning to run for president as an independent in in the next...
Misappropriation complaint launched against CD deputies
The legal front of the Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD) filed a complaint on Wednesday April 3 against several members of...
