70 New wagons for Metro line 1
PANAMA’S METRO Line 1 will get 70 new wagons in 2017 to cope with increasing passenger demand. The first is...
Month: July 2016
Teachers call 72 hour strike
A72-HOUR STRIKE was called by leaders of 16 teachers’ unions on Monday July 18 .The announcement came at 11 a.m....
Criminal hearing requested for 39 in food scandal
THE CRIMINAL case against a high profile group of former officials and insider businessmen during the Ricardo Martinelli administration (2009...
Ex-Immigration boss grilled on illegal CD call center
THE INTERROGATION of the former director of the National Immigration Service for her role in an illegal government funded CD...
$155 million scam trial again suspended
THE DELAYED hearing of 33 people, including a former vice president and two cabinet ministers charged with irregularities in the...
1,500 days since auditor of scandal brokerage disappeared
THIS WEEK will mark 1500 days since an auditor from the Department of Supervision of the Panama Superintendency of Market...
Pokemon hysteria reaches Panama
POKEMON has attacked Panama and thousands of zombies are already circulating in the city according to the AFP news agency, although...
Martinelli royal relative named in FBI probe
AARON MIZRACHI, brother-in-law of former President Ricardo Martinelli and linked by prosecutors to multiple cases of alleged corruption in the...
HEALTH WATCH: Fighting obesity and cancer
By Dr Michael Greger HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of deaths in the United States every year are attributed to obesity, now overtaking smoking...
No walk, more talk, Chamber tells teachers
PANAMA’S Chamber of Commerce has called for more dialogue and on Sunday, July 17, rejected the call for a teachers’...
Home of Gucci dog owner searched
THE HOME of the former deputy minister of the Ministry of Social Development (Mides), Zulema "Gucci" Sucre, was raided on ...
Pay talks deadlocked- teachers strike looms
Pay talks deadlocked- teachers’ strike looms PANAMA TEACHERS will meet on Monday, July 18 to decide on strike action after...
