Panama rice growers get $20 million subsidy
AN AGREEMENT to set the purchase price of rice and check for any increases in the final consumer price has...
Month: August 2014
15 ,bars, restaurants hit for noise and health violations
AT LEAST 15 owners of bars, clubs and restaurants in San Felipe will be taking time off from their businesses...
Four dead, two injured in drug ferrying crash
PANAMA’S DRUG trafficking industry claimed another four lives on Saturday, August 30, when a pickup truck carrying 85kilos of cocaine...
$273 million outsourced against law by government hospitals boss
PANAMA’S Social Security services outsourced contracts for patient care for more than $273 million, although it was against the law....
Contract cancelled but gambling operation continues
ALTHOUGH CARTONS containing thousands of Buko Millionaire,tickets were returned on Friday following the government decision to cancel the contract, the...
New boss named for CSS as holder leaves questions in the air
AS THE OUTGOING head of Panama’s Social Security Fund (CSS) heads for the door leaving many questions unanswered ,President Juan...
46 children infected with chickenpox
AN OUTBREAK of chickenpox has been reported in schools in San Miguelito with 46 cases cnfirmed in the past three...
Bus driver killed by armed robbers
A BUS DRIVER, on the Chepo-Panama route, was shor and killed on Thursday night, August28 in Felipillo during an armed...
Prosecutor to check PAN files to avoid deletion
Prosecutor to check PAN files to avoid deletion PANAMA’S National Assistance Program (PAN) will be inspected by the third anti-corruption...
Panama remains “high risk money laundering center
PANAMA is still identified as a “high risk” area for money laundering and remaining on the grey list presents a...
One dead, one injured at Canal expansion
ONE MAN was killed and another injured at the Canal expansion site in Colon on Thursday August 28. It was...
Prosecutor told man disappeared while investigating Martinelli accounts
A REGULATOR who disappeared was investigating secret accounts of then president Ricardo Martinelli according to a statement made to the...
