Environmental concerns as Panama flagged cruise ship sinks
OCEAN DREAM A Panama-flagged cruise ship sank off the coast of Thailand, on Sunday afternoon , February 28. The Ocean...
Month: February 2016
MEDIA WATCH: Back to school and the burden of ignorance
hoyporhoy La Prensa, Feb 29 ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR with renewed hope that young people will receive a quality education. Unfortunately,...
Cosi franchise Panama bound
THE COSI franchise originally from Boston, USA, which sells flatbread sandwiches, is coming to Panama. The first of five branches...
Panama school year starts with 44 schools not ready
WHILE President Juan Carlos Varela made a predictable apple pie TV address to Panama students on the eve of their...
Universal bank reopens doors
CUSTOMERS of Universal Bank who have been unable to access deposits for nine months, while the scandal ridden institution has...
ENVIRONMENT : Sea rising faster than in 2,800 years
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Common Dreams SEA LEVELS are rising faster than they have in the last three millennia,...
Costa Rican helped funnel bribes to Panama top judge
A COSTA RICAN businessman served as an intermediary for jailed former Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Moncada Luna to get money from...
Nature Air plans Nicaragua-Panama flights
NOT ONLY big players, with big planes in the air travel business have their sights on Panama. Nature Air has...
Cop directing traffic killed by drunk driver
A NATIONAl Police (PN) officer directing traffic, was hit and killed by a car driven by a drunk woman driver...
Call for probe into Oderbrecht and CD party links
THE HEAT is turning up on Panamanian prosecutors who have been slow to react to Brazilian requests for assistance into...
Turkish airlines coming to Tocumen
TURKISH AIRLINES will introduce flights between between Panama and Turkey on May 4. The thrice weekly flights leaving Tocumen International...
10 injured in bus crash
A SECOND weekend traffic accident involving a public transit vehicle, injured 10 people on Sunday, February 28. The latest accident...
