UN to referee Barro Blanco talks
THE ON-OFF on-off dialogue between The government and Indigenous leaders over the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project will resume on Saturday,...
Month: July 2015
Health center program, remains stalled
A PROGRAM to install primary care centers in rural health centers, introduced by the previous administration, stalled in September 2013...
OFF THE CUFF: $46 million “administrative errors”
FORMER FINANCE MINISTER of Frank De Lima has described events at the National Assistance Program (PAN) leading to the purchase...
Bruised but not out, Panama defeats US
UNDETERRED, or pehaps motivated by the referee assisted loss to Mexico in the semi-finals of the Concacaf Gold Cup, Panama,...
Five men at large after jail break
FIVE INMATES, all described as dangerous, escaped tn Sunday morning, July 26, from Pavilion 6 in La Joyita prisonin Pacora....
Classes resume at riot troubled school
ALL CLASSES at the National Institute will resume on Monday July 27 says the Ministry of Education. Classes were suspended...
Wheels of justice grind slowly over Martinelli pardons
A FEW DAYS before leaving office then president Ricardo Martinelli granted 353 pardons for people charged with criminal offenses including...
Pan-American Highway Blockade lifted for now
INDIGENOUS protestors withdrew their blockade of the Pan-American Highway in Chiriqui on Satuday July 25, after 20 of them were...
Panama exports trail region
PANAMA’S EXPORTS fell ll.9% against the same period last year and trailed every country in Central America in the first...
The greening of Panamas energy production
TAX BENEFITS from the construction of solar and wind power plants in Panama has led to applications for licenses to...
Panama-Odebrecht contract signed as boss sits in jail
PANAMA'S Metro Authority has completed its review and signed the contract for the construction of line 2 of the Metro...
Odebrecht boss denied bail as bribes abroad surface
NEW INCRIMINATING evidence of including elements that reinforce the relationship between the Norberto Odebrecht company and the payment of bribes...
