20 injured in school bus collision
AT LEAST 20 students, members of a school band were injured on Friday September 12 when the bus carrying them...
Month: September 2014
9th Panama dengue death confirmed
THE 9TH DEATH from dengue this year was confirmed by Panama's Ministry of Health onThursday September 11.The latest victim was...
More food, less time plan for prison inmates
PLANS to provide more food for prisoners and reduce the prison population, have been put forward by Panama’s Ministry of...
Candidate’s $6 million election spending investigation
ALLEGATIONS of another alleged multi-million dollar vote buying election spending spree are being investigated by officials of the Electoral Tribunal...
OFF THE CUFF: car sales boom, traffic stagnates
IF YOU HAVE wondered when Panama’s traffic nightmare is going to ease don’t read the new car sales figures. They...
$17.7 million pay day for Panama seniors
STARTING Tuesday September 6, 73,901 indigent senior citizens will receive 120 a month as the Ministry of Social Development begins...
Panama 2015 budget increased by $1.8 billion
PANAMA’S $19,5 billion, budget for 2015 was presented to the National Assembly on Wednesday Aug 10, by the Ministry of...
Gauntlet thrown down to blockading diablos rojos
PANAMA’S Public Safety Minister, Rodolfo Aguilar, threw down the gauntlet on Wednesday, August 10, to Diablos Rojos (Red Devils) owners...
Taxi drivers protest pirates, quotas
COLON TAXI DRIVERS took to the streets on Wednesday September 10 to protest the growing number of pirates and the...
Nicaraguan Canal not economically viable – Varela
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela does not believe a Nicaraguan canal is an "economic viability," especially in light of the expectation...
Murder investigation follows prison death
CHIRIQUÍ prosecutor Betzaida Pitti has started an investigation into the murder of an inmate in the David public jail on...
New comptroller will have to be brave
A NEW “independent Comptroller General for Panama will be chosen by the National Assembly before the end of October says...
