Health MInister resigns
IN THE MIDST of an influenza outbreak in which the H1N1 virus has claimed 18 lives Panama’s Health Minister Francisco...
Month: June 2016
Panama gets IMF thumbs up
THE GROWTH of Panama’s economy in the last decade has been the highest in Latin America and with the expanded...
FBI fingers Martinelli relative
AN INTERPOL red alert for Aaron Mizrachi, brother-in-law of ex-President Ricardo Martinelli - in connection with a corruption investigation focused...
Poverty remains a regional threat
WHILE PANAMA lays claim to one of the world’s leading growth economies, and prepares to lavish $4 million on a...
Canada Day linked to Panama coffee history
The social Scene with Margot Thomas Canadians, and friends from multiple countries will mark Canada Day,(Fete du Canada) Friday July...
WORLD VIEW: Democracy remains resilient
By Jonathan Power IS THERE a democratic recession?, Not an economic one. Rather one of the voting kind. In other words...
Arrest warrant will follow if Martinelli runs
THE EXTRADITION order and accompanying arrest warrant for former president Ricardo Martinelli can be sent to”any nation on earth” if...
FLU death toll rises to 18: situation normal
THE DEATH TOLL from the influenza outbreak climbed to 18 on Monday June 13, with two deaths recorded in Colon...
Highway bandits rob emergency ambulance
HIGHWAY THIEVES stopped and robbed a 911 Emergency Service ambulance carrying an injured patient to hospital shortly after midnight, on...
Movin asks procurement act veto
CURRENT AMENDMENTS to the public procurement bill are insufficient to combat corruption and strengthen transparency says The Independent Movement for...
End to Panama Bay environmental probes
PANAMA ENVIRONMENTALISTS have received a series of blows to the ribs in their fight against ecological damage to mangroves and...
Panama Ports wants direct contract for new port
THE PANAMA PORTS Company (PPC), which operates the ports of Balboa and Cristobal, doesn’t want a bidding process for the...
