Civil society shocked by Supreme Court president re-election
THE RE-ELECTION of Jose Ayu Prado as president of the Supreme Court for another two years the day two new...
Month: January 2016
Customs authority SCOOPS up $52,9 million extra
PANAMA'S Customs Authority raised $1.471 billion dollars in 2015, $52.9 million more than the previous year. The authority said the 3.7%...
Two new judges take office
TWO NEW Supreme Court judges Ángela Russo and Cecilio Cedalise were sworn in by President Juan Carlos Varela on Monday...
One complaint against Martinelli rejected
ONE OF ELEVEN criminal complaints against ex-president and current Central American Parliament (Parlacen) Deputy Ricardo Martinelli, has been rejected by...
Canal expansion consortium told less talk, more work
THE GUPC consortium that won the contract for the Canal expansion project, already more than $1 billion over budget, and...
New judges could decide Court president
THE DECIDING votes on who will be president of Panama’s Supreme Court during the next two years, could be in...
WORLD VIEW: Romancing the Sunni: A US policy tragedy
By Angelo Codevilla – Asia Times/Transcend Media Service TODAY as Daesh/ISIS — a sub-sect of Sunni Islam — murders and encourages...
OFF THE CUFF: A runaway and his spin doctor
WHEN the lawyers of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli recently appeared before Panama’s Supreme Court, to try to block his arrest, a...
Jazz Festival more than just entertainment
PANAMA’S JAZZ FESTIVAL does more than entertain thousands of local fans with performances from some of the world’s greatest artists,...
Police net unlicensed taxis
ON THE FIRST afternoon of a new crackdown on transport operators, Sunday January 3, the National Police caught at least...
Panama second in regional alcohol consumption
PANAMA has the second-highest rate of alcohol consumption in the region says the World Health Organization (WHO). Every Panamanian man...
Panama job market set to swell
A TOTAL of 31,476 new jobs, will be created in 2016, with the implementation of major public and private projects...
