Cuba achieves medical global first
CUBA, is the first country in the world to receive the validation of the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating...
Month: June 2015
Varela’s year of corruption cleansing
THE MASSIVE uncovering of corruption scandals within the Ricardo Martinelli administration and a the auditing and cleansing of multiple government...
PRD-Panameista deal in danger
AS THE PRD struggles with its own internal dimensions its National Assembly relationship with the Panameñista party is in danger....
18 civil groups demand refurbished Supreme Court
A CALL FOR the implementation of the government’s “People First” plan has been made by 18 civil society organizations in...
Petaquilla Gold facing criminal complaint
PANAMA’S Environment Ministry has filed a criminal complaint alleging environmental crimes against Petaquilla Gold and its legal representative Richard Fifer....
Panama as a regional power hub
PLANNED investments in the electricity transmission grid and interconnections with Central America neighbors could see the beginning of another Panama...
Supreme Court nixes Ministry control of Canal area
EIGHT OF the nine articles of a 2007 law allowing the Ministry of Housing and Land Management to control the...
Flood warning eased, evacuation, on standby
THE LEVEL of the Sixaola River, which runs along the border between Bocas del Toro and Costa Rica, has dropped...
Varela gets wake up call on Odebrecht contracts
THE influential Independent Movement (Movin) which has been a prominent critic of the Martinelli administration, and something of a cheer...
Dirty laundry near D-Day for choosing Assembly leader
ON THE EVE of D(ecision) Day for the National Assembly to choose its new president, for the next year, the...
OFF THE CUFF Metro Line 1 awaiting final touches
NOT ONLY hospitals and roads are on the list of “unfinished” projects of the previous administration. The Martinelli flagship Metro...
Two businessmen linked to jailed-ex judge arrested
TWO PANAMA businessmen linked to jailed former Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Moncada Luna ended up behind bars on Friday night,...
