OFF THE CUFF: Multi-challenges facing Canal Authority
TO SAY THAT “It never rains but it pours” would be inappropriate for Panama’s Canal Authority (ACP) at a...
Month: August 2015
4.1 earth tremor felt in Panama City
4.1 tremor felt in Panama CityAN EARTHQUAKE registering 4.1 on the Richter scale was felt in several parts of Panama...
Court rejects Barro Blanco human rights appeal
PANAMA’S Supreme Court has rejected a demand for protection of human rights by the chieftain of ethnic Ngäbe Bugle Silvia...
Indigenous groups plan nationwide road blocks
Indigenous groups plan nationwide protests PANAMA could be facing major traffic disruptions and confrontations with police if the plans of...
Strike threat to Canal project target date
THE COMPLETION of the Panama Canal expansion program by April 2016 could be threatened if a threatened construction workers strike...
Spy equipment fugitive seen in Miami
ARON RONNY MIZRACHI,who fled Panama after being linked to the purchase of spy equipment acquired by the government of his...
Martinellis Singapore fantasy clouded by corruption
AFTER a year of judicial investigations that have embroiled dozens of former high profile political and business figures, including a...
Mayweather names Panama boxer 2nd all time great
PANAMA’S BOXING legend, Roberto Duran is the second greatest boxer of all time. The opinion comes from no less an...
Boquete moves to combat crime surge
A FLOOD of complaints from tourists, businessmen and residents in the resort community of Boquete, Chiriqui over increasing robberies and...
Martinelli’s brother under house arrest
MARIO MARTINELLI, brother of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli has been placed under house arrest and banned from leaving Panama The order...
El Nio forces reduction of ship size for canal transits
THE SIZE of vessels transiting the Panama will be restricted starting September 8 due to drought conditions caused by the...
Two more corruption suspects held in cells
AFTER 13 HOURS of intense questioning, two more former senior officials in the Ricardo Martinelli aministration (2009-14) were denied the...
