Ex-PAN boss questioned on First Lady food contract
FORMER National Assistance Program (PAN) Director Rafael Guardia Jaén emerged from his cell in El Renacer prison to answer questions...
Month: February 2016
Panama extreme UV alert
A THREE day advisory about extreme levels of ultraviolet radiation in was issued by Panama health and weather experts on Thurday...
Martinelli sits 3rd on world corruption list
RICARDO MARTINELLI who fled Panama on January 28 2015 has likely done more to draw attention to the country of...
UK built solar farm powering 3,000 Panama homes
A BRITISH firm has completed one of Panama’s largest sular energy farms and one of the first to be connected...
Culinary and cultural tastes of the Caribbean
By Margot Thomas COMING UP this weekend, a complete change of pace from the noise and water wasting high jinks...
20 injured in third bus crash
At least 20 people were injured in an accident involving a bus carrying 55 passengers on Tuesday, February 9 in the...
30,000 flee Martinelli’s CD Party
MEMBERS of the Democratic Change (CD) Party deserted in droves during 2015. There were 1,259,043 registered party members at the...
Tree felled by wind kills resting man
A FALLING MANGO tree brought down by strong winds killed an 89 year-old man resting in a hammock on Wednesday,...
39 truck drivers fined for illegal water grab
FINES were handed out to 39 truck drivers for drawing water from rivers without permission during carnival and six of...
Strong winds, rain, waves alert
THE NATIONAL Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) has issued another strong winds alert for many areas of the country with gusts...
Civil Society asks OAS to drop chief justice honor
OUTRAGED civil society groups have petitioned the Organization of American States (OAS) to reverse a decision to honor Supreme Court...
MEDIA WATCH: Corruption culture lives on
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, Feb. 10 THE CULTURE of corruption is still present in Panama. This is demonstrated by the 11 current...
