Panama quintet leads in International song contest
AFRODISIAC, the Panama song group chosen to participate in the 57th Vina del Mar, Chile, Festival. took top spot in...
Month: February 2016
WORLD VIEW: Neo-fascists pull Ukraine strings
By Jonathan Power IT’S TWO YEARS since a mass of demonstrators brought down the centrist government of President Victor Yanukovych....
Varela, Tokyo bound to sign $2 billion Metro 3 deal
PANAMA’S president, Juan Carlos Varela, will travel to Japan in April to sign a contract for the financing and project...
Gucci dog owners job on the line
PRESIDENT, Juan Carlos Varela, has asked the Deputy Minister of Social Development (Mides), Zulema Sucre, "to make her resignation available"....
Martinelli endorsed $100,000 donation to CD from foreign firm
Marco Alban Crespo, director of Hidalgo & Hidalgo, an Ecuador company under investigation for the failed Tonosi irrigation program made...
Smaller stores cutting into supermarket sales
PANAMANIAN shoppers are increasingly turning to corner stores or mini-supermarkets for food and drinks, according to a recent study of...
Panama group in international song contest
Entertainment, with Margot Thomas AFRODISIACO, a stand out Panamanian musical group, are competing in the 57th Viña del Mar, Chile...
A real life shaggy dog story
THE NEWS that three government security guards were allegedly fired because they refused to take a dog belonging to a...
MEDIA WATCH: Booze cheaper than milk
ALCOHOL ADDICTION is the invisible enemy that every day destroys more families and Panamanian society. The statistics are harsh. Panama...
47 charged in Costa Rica for Panama car thefts
A HIGH END car stolen in Panama, may not return to the streets of the city, even with a new...
LETTER FROM AMERICA: Apple and the FBI
By Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI (18 Feb 2016)—For those who feel the USA has been at war since Sept. 11,...
15,000 without water after vegetation fire
A FIRE that burned through Saturday afternoon and into the night in Cerro San Cristobal may have led to the...
