Panama-Italy corruption trial
THE FORMER commercial director of Finmeccanica, Paolo Pozzessere, on trial in Rome said: “If I could go back in...
Month: January 2016
ZIKA VIRUS: Postpone pregnancy call to Kuna Yala
WITH 42 laboratory confirmed cases of the, Zika virus and more under investigation, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has recommended...
36 H1N1 cases, 3 deaths
THE NUMBER of cases of the H1N1 virus in the province of Chiriqui has climbed from 26 to 32 and...
Colombia appeals WTO decision favoring Panama
A WORLD Trade Organization (WTO) decision favoring Panama in the dispute over the duty placed by Colombia on textiles, apparel...
WORLD VIEW: Freedoms mixed bag
By Jonathan Power LIFE, said Martin Luther King, “is a long and desolate corridor with no exit sign”. He must...
Sunken ship to be refloated
PLANS are in hand to refloat the sunken vessel VMF Alita, which went down last week off the coast of...
Martinelli case file being translated to English
THE 2000 PAGES case file relating to ex-president Ricardo Martinelli an the investigation into illegal wiretapping is being translated into...
Interns, four months no pay, call strike.
PANAMA’S health authorities, already hit by a strike of indefinite length by nursing technicians, now face another, by medical interns....
Truth commission to investigate 1989 US Invasion
A MEETING of civil society organizations will be held on Tuesday Jan.26 to to agree details of a commission to...
Cancer victims hit by government crawl
AS PANAMA’S National Cancer Institute (ION) buckles under the weight of patient overload, the government remains big on promises, slow...
2 US citizens among 13 dead in tour boat sinking
A NATIONAL day of mourning was declared in Costa Rica on Monday, Jan.25, following the weekend death of 13 tourists,...
MEDIA WATCH: A road monument vs hospitals
hoyporhoy La Prensa Jan. 25 THE PRIORITIES in infrastructure of recent governments have set aside the National Cancer Institute (ION)...
