Underground parking plan up in the air
THE PLAN to build a 300 vehicle parking lot in the Obarrio district of Bella Vista is “no go” says...
Month: August 2014
OFF THE CUFF: No laughs for comedians Gaza sally
ON A DAY when hundreds of thousands of people around the world were marching to protest the deaths in Gaza,...
Radar contract extended 2 weeks before Mulino left
TWO WEEKS before he handed over the reins to his successor in the new government, then Minister of Public Security...
No arrest for Colombia ex-snoop queen
President Juan Carlos Varela said Thursday that although former Colombian Intelligence Director María del Pilar Hurtado has no political asylum...
Panamas Olympic gold star retires
IRVING SALADINO, PANAMA’S only Olympic gold medallist and former world long jump champion, has announced his retirement from athletics after...
Call for action on pardons and Martinelli era embezzlement
LEGAL groups and civil society organizations met Thursday, August 7 to express concern about the "lack of decision" on the...
Panama boxing legend for Hall of Fame
ROBERTO “HANDS OF STONE”, DURAN , four-time world boxing champion, let the comfort of his popular Panama restaurant, La Tasca...
OFF THE CUFF Double Jeopardy Parking, Citizen Victories and Pirate Clamp Down
PARKING DINGS –Businesses from hotels to shopping malls are flocking to charge customers for parking while they are inside spending...
Comptroller and CSS director to face Assembly grilling
PANAMA’S Comptroller Gioconda Torres de Bianchini, announced Wednesday August 6 that she will answer the call from the National Assembly...
Panama planning palm oil exports to Europe
PALM OIL producers in Baru have reactivated production in the area in order to supply the local market and to...
Canal expansion project operating in 2016
PANAMA CANAL administrator Jorge Luis Quijano, who has his own construction problems to worry about,, attempted to downplay plans for...
Martinelli era radar scandal contract suspended
Martinelli era radar scandal contract suspended PANAMA has suspended the $125 million contract to install 19 radars acquired from to...
