Metro contract signed but no cost details
THE CONTRACT, for a 2,3 kilometer extension of Panama’s yet to be opened Metro railway,has been signed but no details...
Month: October 2013
Unsolved medical strike helps divert attention from bribery scandal PP leader
PROBLEMS such as the medical strike and the police intervention at the National Institute will not be resolved because President...
Martinelli decreed news blackout “against all standards”
THE NEWS blackout imposed on La Prensa by President Ricardo Martinelli is an undemocratic practice that goes against all standards...
Herrera gets 3 years over e-mails in alleged bribery scandal
PANAMA’S JUSTICE system has handed out a three year sentence in the only case related to the Italy-Panama alleged bribery...
Action sought against death threat Tweeter
THE PANAMA JOURNALIST and lawyer who received a death threat via Twitter, has launched a complaint with the Public Ministry....
Four accept Martinelli lie detector challenge
FOUR people taunted by President Ricardo Martinelli to take a polygraph (lie detector) test over published revelations linking Panama government...
Martinellis son and brother named in criminal complaint
The legal sector of the PRD filed a criminal complaint Thursday October 10 against a brother and a son of...
Deputies move to strike down foreign doctor law
PANAMEÑISTA deputies Luis Eduardo Quiros and Miguel Salas presented a proposal on Thursday, October 10 to the plenary of the...
Panama coach apologizes to Mexican fans over joke
PANAMA COACH Julio Dely Valdés apologized Thursday October 10 for a joke he made about the Mexican players prior to...
Panama wants conciliatory president – Navarro
PRD PRESIDENTIAL candidate Juan Carlos Navarro said,Thursday afternoon. that the President Ricardo Martinelli TV interview of that morning, left more questions...
Martinelli issues lie detector challenge
PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli, says he is willing to submit to a "lie detector" test to prove that his government and...
La Prensa website blocked during alleged bribery revelations
Access to La Prensa’s website ( www.prensa.com) was blocked for eight hours on Wednesday October 9 while carrying recordings of...
