Judicial reforms going nowhere – Judge
JUDICIAL REFORMS proposed last year, will not be implemented because there is no money in the 2016 budget to fund...
Month: January 2016
Ex- VPs criminal hearing suspended
FORMER Vice President Felipe Virzi has dodged the bullet, at least for a few weeks, in one of the criminal...
MEDIA WATCH: Panamas water crisis
Hoyporhoy, La Prensa, Jan 28. THE DELICATE crisis in the country, due to the lack of rain, has generated much...
Major drug bust nets 1.5 tons of cocaine, 11 arrests
ELEVEN people have been arrested and 1.5 tons of cocaine have been seized in a major Panama drug bust. The...
H1N1 virus cancels Baru Carnival
CARNIVAL has been canceled in the Baru area of Chiriqui because of the spread of the AH1N1 virus which...
Ex-First Lady facing Christmas bags probe
COMPANIES who sold the State $5 million of Christmas gift bags for the First Lady’s office, were previously selected by...
Panamas corruption ranking maintained
PANAMA’S ranking on the world perceived corruption ranking has remained basically unchanged over the last five years and sits at...
7 murders in Panama west raise security alarms
THE NATIONAL Police reported on Tuesday, January 27, that a minor has been taken into custody in connection with the murder...
Mega projects and metro fare increases
Mega-projects will be the key to growth in the Panamanian economy, experts said Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Vision 2016...
Panama bound US-Canadian backpacker loses $100,000
A MAN caught with more than US$100,000 cash in his backback as he attempted to leave Canada for Panama City...
MEDIA WATCH: Varela gloss dims as broken promises mount
hoyporhoy La Prensa Jan. 26 “JOURNALISM is talk back to power" So understand our craft says Marty Baron, the current...
A waterborne jungle safari just 30 minutes from the city
By Margot Thomas IT'S BEEN six years since my first waterborne “jungle safari ” on Lake Gatun, visiting Panama’s only floating...
