?Case against Martinelli thrown out
PANAMA’S Supreme Court has thrown out a complaint against ex-president Ricardo Martinelli for abuse of authority and other charges related...
Month: August 2016
Strike looms at crisis stricken Santo Tomas
DOCTORS at Panama’s busiest hospital which is a key teaching center for medical students and doctors, are poised to strike...
City land-use plan underway
ATTEMPTING to bring some order to city development, following recent citizen protests, Panama City Mayor José Isabel Blandón gave the order...
Panama defends laggard action in Odebrecht linked corruption probe
BRAZIL’S long delayed request to Panama for assistance in its Lava Jato corruption investigation and possible links to the Odebrecht...
UN recognizez Panama Pacifico
THE UK DEVELOPED Panama Pacifico project located across the Bridge of The America’s has been selected as the site for...
When judges flout the law
OPINION: La Prensa Aug 9 THE FULL SUPREME Court agreed on July 27, to the appointment without compettion of more ...
WORLDVIEW: Post Cold War good times
By Jonathan Power NEARLY EVERYONE I talk politics to says the world is in a mess. But I live in...
Minister knocks invited experts
PRESIDENCY MINISTER Alvaro Aleman claimed on Monday Aug.8, that the two high profile international experts brought in serve on a...
Buck passing as drugs run out
PANAMA pharmacies are fast running out of drugs with the hot potato issue being blamed on everything from a computer...
OPINION: Inepitude in drugs boondoggle
Hoyporhoy, La Prensa. Aug. 8 THE DELAY in medical records and a tangled state procurement process have left people without...
Accusatory system budget snags
THE INTRODUCTION of the accusatory penal system in the First Judicial District of Panama, which handles 50 percent of the...
$30 million cruise port for Amador
THE PANAMA Maritime Authority has picked up the ball dropped by the previous administration and budgeted $30 million to develop...
