More detentions in Virzi kickback scandal
TWO MORE suspects with alleged links to the kickback scandal involving the company Hidalgo & Hidalgo (H & H), and...
Month: August 2015
Canal expansion strike avoided
The looming strike of construction workers, which threatened to delay the completion of the Panama Canal expansion project, by April...
PANAMA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY
THE EL NIÑO weather pattern, which has affected 70 percent of the country has caused a shortage of rain, which...
Son and daughter of former PAN boss behind bars
JONATHAN GUARDIA ANDRIÓN became the third member of the same family ordered to remain in preventive detention following his interrogation...
Complaint filed over Paitilla Quarry
Complaint filed over Paitilla “Quarry” A PAITILLA BUILDING project that has been riling residents for months, is basically a...
A new call to an old cell phone from a Panama watershed
By Margot Thomas WHERE do old cellphones go when they are no longer your new proud acquisition - or breath...
WORLD VIEW: Moving backwards as we move forward
By Jonathan Power MANKIND got rid of African slave trading. It got rid of dueling. It got rid of torture....
Banco Universal on the selling block
THE TROUBLED Banco Universal went up for sale on Monday August 10, to protect the interests of depositors.The bank’s name...
Truckers block airport and Corredor Sur
MASSIVE traffic jams developed on the Corredor Sur on Tuesday morning August 11 as protesting truck drivers blocked roads opposite...
Barro Blanco agreement signed
THE ANTICIPATED closing of the Bridge of the Americas by indigenous protesters on Monday August 10 was a non event...
Comptroller visits troubled hospital project
PANAMA'S Comptroller Federico Humbert inspected the troubled Hospital City project in Ancón, on Monday, August 10. (more…)
Lack of Water in Panama Alarms Business Leaders
BUSINESS leaders have joined with citizens across the country increasingly concerned about sustainable delivery of potable water. (more…)
