Martinelli offered $8 million for deputies to jump ship
AS DEPUTIES in the National Assembly build alliances and struggle to decide who they will support to be elected as...
Month: June 2016
Elephant tusks seized at airport
SIX ELEPHANT TUSKS that arrived at the Tocumen International Airport, cargo section have been seized by Panama’s National Customs Authority....
HEALTH WATCH: The superbug challenge
By Michael Greger MD WHEN farm animals are fed antibiotics, they can develop antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their guts. Manure contamination...
Mayors dont list for Expansion opening
PANAMA’S SUNDAY biking festival on the Cinta Coatera will be suspended on June 26 says The mayor’s office in a...
Gasoline dropping 7 cents a gallon
ON THE EVE of the Panama Canal expansion opening, the National Secretariat of Energy (SNE) has announced a 7 cents...
Panamas economy expecting Canal fillip
WHILE PANAMA’S gross domestic product (GDP) increased 4.6 percent at the end of the first quarter of the year compared...
Non absconding Mizrachi on the run
MAYER MIZRACHI Matalo, is now listed by Colombian authorities as a fugitive after escaping from La Picota Jail in Bogota, Colombia,...
29 H1N1 flu deaths confirmed
HEALTH OFFICIALS confirmed on Wednesday, June 22 that the death toll related A-H1N1 flu virus has risen to 29. To...
Cabinet overrides Supreme Court in land deal
THE CABINET Council has approved the sale of land in Veracruz where the Intercontinental Playa Bonita Resort is located in...
When political sponsors come first
OPINION: Hoyporhoy La Prensa June 22 THE CAPITAL’s mayor has been the biggest beneficiary of the decentralization process undertaken by...
Mizrachi a fugitive after bribing guard
ON THE DAY he was to be released from detention in Colombia after a Panama Court had revoked his extradition...
Cable firms face class action lawsuit
PANAMA’S Consumer Protection Authority (Acodeco) is preparing a class action lawsuit against the companies offering cable television service in the...
