HEALTH WATCH: Lifestyle beats drugs in fighting diabetes
By Michael Greger M.D. IN JUST ONE decade, the number of people with diabetes has more than doubled. According to the...
Month: March 2016
Drug cartels and Central America
IF EMERGENCY measures are not taken, parts of Central America will soon collapse into failed states dominated by criminal organizations...
Child pornography increasing in Panama
CHILD pornography cases in Panama are on the rise with over 50 recent cases confirmed in reports from Washington, United...
Soho Mall targeted by tax raiders
SOHO MALL, Panama’s latest high end shopping mall featuring luxury luxury retail outlets and a VIP- only movie theatre, was...
Ex-Panama Mayor and sting man called to court
FORMER Panama Mayor Bosco Vallarino, and the man who trapped him into accepting a bribe in a videoed sting operation are...
Panamas first heart transplant
DOCTORS of the Social Security Fund (CSS) performed Panama’s first successful heart transplant on Friday, March 11. The surgical team...
Tax man scoops $9 million from defaulters in one month
PANAMA’S Tax collector, the Directorate General of Revenue (DGI), has opened its own collection center to recover over $2...
Martinelli arrest and extradition warrants ordered
EX-PANAMA president Ricardo Martinelli’s 64th birthday present on Friday, March 11 from Supreme Court J udge Jeromino Mejia, was an...
Panama ex-world boxing champ confesses to cocaine crime
PANAMA’S former world boxing champion champion Celestino Caballero, confessed to transporting drugs after one and a half hours of questioning...
Varela top advisor quits over corruption probe
A TOP ADVISOR to President Juan Carlos Varela whose law firm has been linked to corruption scandals in Brazil and Spain has...
Canada, US clocks spring forward
Clocks spring forward one hour this weekend in the United States and most of Canada as daylight saving come into...
Spain seeks help in laundering case and Panama law firm
SPANISH judicial authorities have sent a second request for assistance to Panama authorities concerning purchases made by shell companies, set...
