PHONY doctor jailed for 42 months
A MAN who promoted himself as a family doctor and pedetrician and became s Ministry of Health official was sentenced...
Month: December 2015
One dead, three rogue cops arrested in highway drug bust
A police chase involving a pirate bus that began in Plaza Cinco de Mayo and ended in Ariajan – led...
HEALTH ALERT: Drug pulled from market
ANTI-INFLAMTORY and pain killing drugs containing the active ingredient Nimesulide have been pulled from the Panamanian market. The MoH, Ministry...
MEDIA WATCH: Through a window darkly
Hoyporhoy,La Prensa Dec 15 National Authority Transparency and Access to Information (Antai) should be the incubator of a new culture...
OFF THE CUFF:Transparency body faces transparency challenge
DOES TRANPARENCY, like Charity, begin at home? La Prensa thinks so and the refusal of Panama’s Transparency Authority(Antai) to release...
Supreme Court rejects Martinelli petition
A BATTERY of highly paid lawyers representing ex-president Ricardo Martinelli suffered another thumbs down from the Supreme Court on Monday December...
Largest wooden tall ship Panama bound
BRITISH BASED disabled sailing charity, the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) will visit Panama in early 2016 and pass through the Panama...
WORLD VIEW: Russia and its radicalizing Muslims
By Jonathan Power Russia stands at a major cross roads as it works out how exactly to deal with the...
732 foreigners deported from Panama
During the first 11 months of 2015, immigration officials have deported 732 people, nearly 50% percent of them Colombians The...
Carols by Candlelight draws crowds and praise
By Margot Thomas THE 5TH CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT concert, organized by The CanadaPLUS Foundation, entertained over 2000 people on the...
Metro running later for Christmas shopping
PANAMA’S METRO subway has extended its operating hours until 11:00 pm, during the Christmas shopping rush. The extension will run...
Up to 35,000 student failing grades
PANAMA’S EDUCATION system remains in the doldrums with between 4 percent and 5 percent of Panama students receiving failing grades...
