City launches rental program for street traders
PANAMA’S Municipal Council has extended charging for use of sidewalks and plazas in Casco Viejo to the rest of the city...
Month: March 2016
Teen-age traffic death lifts years total to 93
A TEEN-AGED cyclist hit by a Metro bus in Pedregal, on Monday morning, March 14. brought weekend road deaths to...
Mass cough syrup poisoning hearing adjourned
VICTIMS of Panama’s 9 year-old mass poisoning scandal listed as one of the world’s top ten medical poisoning tragedies are...
Police chief gets order for Martinelli arrest
PANAMA POLICE chief, Omar Pinzon, has received written instructions from Judge Jerominpo Mejia, for the provisional arrest of former President...
Paitilla building permits frozen
PANAMA City Council has unanimously approved a resolution that instructs the planning department not to approve any building permits in San...
Assembly dawdles over complaints against judges
WITH PANAMA’S Chief Justice facing 12 of 20 complaints against members of the Supreme Court, the National Assembly deputies responsible...
OPINION: Non-agression pact between corrupt court and Assembly
hoyporhoy La Prensa, March 14 LAST YEAR, the Credentials Committee of the National Assembly was able to give us...
OFF THE CUFF: Panama a “mini Dubai”
WHEN FORMER Panama president Ricardo Martinelli was at his most expansive, he liked to boast that Panama was another “Singapore”,...
Legal circles debate routes to get Martinelli to court
THE LEGAL team of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli has already made the first move in fighting the the arrest and extradition...
Economic planning without current data
PANAMA’S National System of Statistics is behind the eight ball, producing out of date figures for the country to make...
Unlucky seven get marine life injuries
SEVEN PEOPLE were hurt by by marine life on Panama Pacific beaches on Sunday March 13, reports the National Civil...
Where In the World is Jerry Gillies? -an epilogue
JERRY GILLIES, a stand out performer in CanadaPLUS events from Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre to standup comic at the last...
