President meets with Japan PM to move Metro line 3 ahead
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela held a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Paris on Monday, November 30 to...
Month: November 2015
4 armed robbers snatch $100,000 from Social Security
Four men armed men stormed into a Social Security collection agency (CSS) on Monday, November 30 and left with at...
Troubled R G Hotels problems continue to mount
THE FORMER owner of RG Hotels, has added a new twist to the troubled company’s tangled skein, with filing of...
Ex-security minister to stay behind bars
A REQUEST by former Minister of Public Security José Raúl Mulino to be let out of pre trial detention was...
MEDIA WATCH: When the message is not clear enough
Hoyporhoy, La Prensa, Nov. 30 POLITICAL PATRONAGE practices adopted by those in power reflect the serious distortion of the social,...
Corruption suspects found with holes in pockets.
Officials with the Tribunal de Cuentas, hunting for the disappeared millions of some of the major suspects in corruption scandals,...
Extra $2.3 million for discretionary spending riles civil groups
THE CURRENT adminstration is continuing with some of the dubious patronage habits of its predecessor say sectors of civil society...
18 Social Security projects sent for audit
Social Security (CSS) contracts totaling more than $20 million, issued by the previous administration have been sent to the Office...
Assembly to ratify new judges in extraordinary session.
AFTER WHAT he has called “an open and transparent process," President Juan Carlos Varela has announced that he will convene...
Government and Copa combine on $7 million tourism campaign
PANAMA’S government and Copa Airlines are to split the cost of a $7 million advertising campaign to maintain and increase...
Board of trustees to manage Teatro Nacional
THE FUTURE of Panama’s Teatro Nacional (National Theater) will likely be in the hands of a Board of Trustees to...
New name for PAN another fleece for corruption wolf?
PANAMA’S renamed Social Assistance program could turn out to be the same corruption wolf decked out in yet another set...
