Hydroelectricity concessions a family business
GOVERNMENT officials during the recent energy crisis, rushed to stress the need to build more hydropower plants to increase power...
Month: May 2013
SPI cop caught in drug bust
A MEMBER of the “elite” police unit (Service of Institutional Protection), that guards the presidential palace, was arrested in a...
Mayor changes liquor sales law
SOON AFTER media stories revealed that Super 99 stores were breaking city imposed liquor sales laws riasing the ire of...
President launches personal attack on journalist
PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli on Monday May 20 launched yet another personal attack against a journalist, May 20 using this time the...
Martinell denies Super 99 flouting liquor laws
PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli reacted Sunday, May 19, to media reports that found Super 99, the grocery store chain he owns,...
ELECTION CROSS FIRE
In the long run up to the May 2014 elections, Newsroom will provide regular snapshots of comments, sniping, and opinions...
Medical Commission claims government negotiators stalling
THE ATTITUDE of the public health administrators is leading to a confrontation says says the National Negotiating Medical Commission (Comenenal)....
Health care workers on high strike alert
HEALTH CARE workers are on "high alert" as negotiations between their representatives and the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the...
Panamanian special athlete completes Panama-Taboga swim
PANAMANIAN athlete Cesar Barria on Sunday May 19, became the first Panamanian to swim the 19.5 kilometers from the Balboa...
Where to find “after hours” liquor
If you want to buy liquor outside of legal hours in Panama, head for Super 99. At El Rey you...
ELECTION ROUTE: Explaining Moscoso lunch with Martinelli
PROMINENT Panameñista Party members stepped forward on Saturday May 18, to cool speculation over former President Mireya Moscoso lunching with...
Three children drown in septic tank
Three children died, Saturday, May 18 , after falling in to a rain filled septic tank under construction. (more…)
