Civil groups call for transparency pledge fulfillment
MULTIPLE CIVIL society groups have added their voices to the call for President Juan Carlos Varela to partially veto...
Month: May 2016
Unfinished Martinelli showpiece to cost $300 million more
A HIGHLY TOUTED flagship project of the Ricardo Martinelli era which was once slated to carry the ex-president’s name,...
Argentina president named in alleged Panama irregularities
ARGENTINA judicial authorities have asked for Panama’s help in investigating links to alleged irregularities of President Mauricio Macri with two...
$8 million spent fighting zika virus
A LARGE part of the $10 million set aside to deal with the zika virus in Panama has been uses...
Migrant smugglers seized
SIXTEEN members of a transnational network of people smugglers who offloaded migrants in Panama have been captured by Colombian authorities....
102 bookings for new canal locks
THE PANAMAMA Canal Authority (ACP) has already received 102 requests for ships to use the new set of locks that...
University rectors controversial real estate deals
REAL ESTATE deals with land owned by the University of Panama (UP) made by its long serving rector Gustavo García...
WORLD VIEW: The Holocaust and hypocrisy
By Jonathan Power TOMORROW MAY 4 is Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Holocaust was committed by a nation whose church...
OFF THE CUFF: Varela to talk of Panamas honest men
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos headed to Washington, On Monday May 2 to address the annual Conference of the Americas on...
Prosecutors eyeing Martinelli era airport deals
THE CORRUPTION spotlight involving members of the Zero (inner) Circle of former president Ricardo Martinelli has moved to Tocumen International...
New census of pirate buses as numbers mount
AS PIRATE BUSES continue to proliferate on Panama City streets, The Transport Authority (ATTT) is planning a census .The one...
HEALTH WATCH: cutting eggs easier than losing weight
MARIA FERNANDEZ has received nearly a half million dollars from the egg industry and writes papers like “Rethinking dietary cholesterol.”...
