Sweetheart clause for new port project
THE FINE PRINT in a contract for the construction and operation for 20 years of a container port in Isla...
Month: September 2013
Syrup pulled from pharmacy shelves
The glyceryl guaiacolate syrup has been withdrawn from all pharmacies in Panama as a precautionary move says a Social Security...
Support for PRD Presidential hopeful wavering
The reaction of PRD presidential candidate Juan Carlos Navarro to news of his meeting with President Ricardo Martinelli is "an...
Canada wins skyscraper of the year award
HAMBURG September 17 -The world's most renowned architecture prize for skyscrapers, the Emporis Skyscraper Award, goes this year to the...
: Towers and prices on the rise in Costa Del Este
By Kent Davis ON THE HEELS of the announcement that a second major shopping center will be going in Panama's...
Panamenistas forecast 30# turn out for primaries
TWO WEEKS before its primary the leadership of the Panameñista party announced that 89 percent of the offices will be...
Chamber of Commerce seven point education plan
PANAMA’S Chamber of Commerce and Industry has come up with a seven point plan for improving the country's educational system...
CORRECTION: Casting for Hands of Stone
By Dylis Jones My excitement over the upcoming movie featuring the life of Panama's boxing phenomenam Roberto"Hands of Stone" Duran must...
Concern over possible 2014 electoral fraud
LA PRENSA founder Roberto Eisenmann Jr. said Sunday, September 15, that he is concerned about the possibility of fraud in...
Panama democratic instability on the rise
DEMOCRATIC instability in Panama has jumped to 20.6 points from 11.6 in 2010 according to the Barometer of the Americas...
Gang robberies increasing in Panama malls
WELL DRESSED gangs are on the prowl Panama’s malls and supermarkets targeting shoppers who have made purchases and returned them...
Alternative PRD presidential candidate mooted
JUAN CARLOS Navarro’s presidential ambitions are in danger of being thwarted, not by a dynamic opponent but by his own...
