Cruise ship aground at Coiba heads for Balboa
A CRUISE ship that ran aground near Coiba Island on December 22 was moved to the Port of Balboa on...
Month: December 2015
Panama grey listing a threat to financial sector
PANAMA’S INCLUSION on a grey list by the Financial Action Group is “a threat to the financial sector” says Minister...
OFF THE CUFF: US lawyers polish plans to block Martinelli extradition
AS PANAMA’S Supreme Court judges readied themselves on Monday, December 28,to deal with yet another stalling move by a battery...
Summit Park getting major facelift
SUMMIT Municipal Park, in Ancón, is to get a $300,000 face lift starting in January the beginning of a master...
Trial looming. in $31 million irrigation scam
FIFTEEEN months after the start of a criminal investigation into a failed irrigation system in Tonosi, for which $31 million was ...
Panama gang busting raids net 486
NEARLY 500 Panama gang members and their leaders have been taken out of circulation in 2015 in a series of ...
MEDIA WATCH: Silence surrounds failed culture
Hoyporhoy La Prensa Dec.27 IN LATIN AMERICA and the Caribbean, Panama is the third lowest country in percentage in the...
China air link with Cuba a tourism coup
CUBA GOT a head start on attracting big spending Chinese tourists to the region, with the launch of a new...
Pope addresses Cuban migrant crisis
POPE FRANCISCO has urged Central American countries to show "generosity" to resolve the "humanitarian drama" of thousands of Cuban migrants stranded...
Supreme Court to meet again on Martinelli
PANAMA’S SUPREME COURT will meet once again on Monday December 28 to rule on what victims of illegal wiretapping hope...
OFF THE CUFF: Playing for time for Martinelli messenger
THE STALLING tactics of lawyers representing ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, have spread to the defense of his former private secretary and...
Landmark year for anti-narco teams in Panama
THE COST of doing business for narco-traffickers in Panama has escalated during 2015 with record seizures of drugs by the...
