Gasoline prices fall in time for Carnival
CARNIVAL celebrants heading for the interior will get additional relief at the gas pumps as prices fall again on Friday...
Month: February 2016
42 cases of H1N1 in Chiriqui, and anti-zita alert
CHIRIQUI province is facing a double health alert as the number of people with H1N1 influenza climbs to 42 cases...
Carnival revelers exposed to $1,500 nudity fines
IN AN ATTEMPT to curb some of the excesses of Carnival on the Cinta Costera this year, the Panama City...
WORLD VIEW : Challenging Hillary Clintons Iraq spin
AS WOULD BE Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fights for votes in the New Hampshire Caucus, where she is...
HEALTH WATCH: When a bowl of cherries makes life better
By Michael Greger MD THE WASHINGTON State Fruit Commission, the largest cherry producer in the US has funded reviews that...
Six rescued in sex-trafficking raid
SIX SEX SLAVES aged between 19 and 22 were rescued from a house in Bethania, Panama City on Thursday, January...
Minister called to Assembly as Zika virus hits 50
Minister of Health Francisco Javier Terrientes, has been called to the National Assembly to answer questions about the spread of the zika...
Panama flagged ship crew denied aid by Colombia
COLOMBIAN authorities are denying “ humanitarian assistance” to 18 crew members of a ship under the Panama flag, stranded off...
OFF THE CUFF: Complaints against Chief Justice stalled
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Credentials Committee lumbering on at a speed reflecting Panama’s justice system, postponed on Wednesday, Feb. 3, discussion...
2 overturned buses injure 45
AT LEAST 45 people wer injured after a traffic accident on the Panama-Colon highway involving three diablos rojos (“red devils”...
Waterless Saturday for Panama, San Miguelito.
WHILE the debate continues over the use of water for Carnival frolic’s under gushing hose pipes in the midst of...
Scotiabank acquires Citibank in Panama, Costa Rica
SCOTIA BANK’S acquisition of Citigroup's consumer and commercial banking operations In Panama and Costa Rica, is now finalized, but don’t expect...
