HEALTH WATCH: AIr pollution causes one in eight deaths
By Dr Cory Couillard AIR POLLUTION has long been known to cause heart and lung diseases, but new evidence published...
Month: March 2014
Vice presidential candidate to appear before Electoral Tribunal
PRD vice presidential candidate Gerardo Solís will be called before the Tribunal Electoral (TE) in the coming days to...
Winds bring down trees and election signs
STRONG WINDS ripped through the province of Chiriqui on Thursday, March 17, bringing down trees and damaging power lines and...
Brokerage scandal investigation may be nearing close
THE INVESTIGATION into a financial scandal during which an auditor disappeared, allegations surfaced of a secret account to manipulate the...
Attorney General readies for Italian corruption trial request
PANAMA'S Attorney General Ana Belfón says that she expects to get a request soon from prosecutors in Rome for information .. about...
Environmentalism at the expense of poverty?
Current policies against global warming are generating higher energy costs hurting the poorest in particular claims a contributor to Nacion.com...
Judge, pressured to resign for disobeying orders files complaint
A PANAMA JUDGE who says he was pressured to resign for “not following instructions” in a case involving La Prensa,...
Navarro promises to nix $250 million helicopter and radar deal
JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO, presidential candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party ( PRD), has promised that if he comes to power...
Business community hits at government handling of energy
WHILE the government ignores or denies an energy crisis in Panama, the business community appears not to agree. (more…)
HEALTH WATCH::One in two don’t know they have diabetes
By Dr Cory Couillard THE GROWTH of diabetes is skyrocketing throughout the world, ranking it as one of the greatest...
Mentored by Panama, banned by Venezuela Assembly
THE VENEZUELAN Congresswoman who, at Panama’s behest tried last week to participate in a closed doors session of the Organization...
Anti-corruption sweep nets more Finmeccanica bosses
THE NET encircling Italian defense contractor Finmeccanica continues to haul in some big fish in an ongoing anti-corruption sweep. (more…)
