Help promised for rejected scholarship student
RAPHAEL BUCHANAN the 22-years-old student who was denied a scholarship to train as a pilot by the Institute for Training...
Month: April 2015
Call for speed up in investigation of ex-minister
THE TEAM OF LAWYERS representing Guillermo Ferrufino, former Minister of Social Development, has claimed that the Second Anticorruption Prosecutor has...
WATER CRISIS: rates unchanged since 1982
PANAMA’S water and sewer agency (Idaan ), urgently needs150 more staff members to effectively carry out the agency's duties say...
Dismembered woman – US marine charged
A RETIRED US marine accused of killing his girlfriend and dumping her dismembered body on an island in Bocas Del...
Unlicensed Doctors, Dentists and Vets practicing in Panama
Unlicensed Doctors, Dentists and Vets practicing in Panama PANAMA’S Ministry of Health has reported receiving a number of complaints about...
Tide and street flooding alerts
A HIGH WATER alert for Panama’s Pacific Coast has been issued by the National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC) with tides,...
OFF THE CUFF: Gambling sin tax looming?
AN AVERAGE of $8.7 million a day was gambled in Panama during the first two months of the year says...
Ministers jailed, former Colombian president fingered by Supreme Court
In one of the toughest judicial pronouncements against the former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe Velez, the Supreme Court points out...
Judge accused of selling decisions, pedophelia,
THE FUTURE of another judge of Panama’s Supreme Court could be in the balance following a videoed message alleging corruption...
Panama Film Makers Field of Broken Dreams
By Margot Thomas WHEN PANAMA’S International Film Festival was first launched in 2013 launched, one of the planks in the...
Grant applications – She wins, he loses. insults fly
SOCIAL NETWORKS in Panama are buzzing with the contrasting stories of two applicants for government grants to study abroad, one...
OFF THE CUFF Call to end deputies grease the pot bonuses
SEVEN civil society organizations have sent a letter to the National Assembly asking that it end the practice of allocating...
