World Health Day focusing on blood pressure
World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 and highlights a priority area of public health concern in the world....
Month: April 2013
Real chances to showcase your acting talent
By Lourdes Quijada Forget home histrionics, playing up to your partner or casting suggestive glances in a local night spot,...
Defectors to CD party on property buying spree
Two deputies who jumped from the PRD party to the governing Democratic Change (CD) purchased six apartments worth almost a...
Mi Bus blames supply and demand for long waits
Passengers who wait up to two hours for a Metro bus in off peak hours are the victims of the...
Pensioners to get 20% raise in election year
Election year, 2014, will see a jump in the "100 for 70" program which gives pensioners 70 and above, $100...
Parking lot tender transparent says mayor
Panama’s mayor, Roxana Mendez, responded on Tuesday April 2 to a newspaper investigation revealing that two newly formed companies with...
Al Capone jibe aimed at la Prensa founder
A government legislator referred to La Prensa founder Roberto Eisenmann as an Al Capone and tax evader during a violent...
Alliance with ruling party the road to extinction
With national elections still 14 months away, internecine battles are surfacing in Panama’s main political parties. (more…)
Campaign to revoke Obamas Nobel Peace Prize
A campaign calling for the revoking of President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize got underway Tuesday April 2 with a...
Metro Bus operators on the carpet
The fires at the Cerro Patacon garbage dump may be disappearing but the heat has been turned up on the...
Investigation of use of public funds for political campaigning
A Panama newspaper exposure of the use of public funds for political campaigning has led to the opening of an...
Picnicking in the jungle
By Lourdes Quijada Panama’s only floating lodge, home of Jungle Land Explorers has raised the roof once again and this...
