Popes support message for Panama event
WHILE some skeptics remain critical of Panama playing host to the World Youth Day in 2019, Pope Francis has given words...
Month: August 2016
Home comfort for corruption suspect
THE FORMER director of the Institute of Agricultural Marketing (IMA) Edwin Cardenas became the latest suspect to undergo his interrogation...
Gas prices continue downward spiral
AS WORLD oil prices continue to fall fuel prices in Panama are dropping in tandem The National Secretariat of Energy...
Boondoggle keeps theatre restoration in wings
AFTER OVER A YEAR of inaction The restoration of Panama’s iconic Teatro Nacional (National Theatre) continues waiting in the wings,...
Gambling revenues continue slide
GAMBLING OPERATORS in Panama are blaming a government tax on a continuing fall in revenue although commentators have pointed to...
US prosecutors investigate Mossack Fonseca staff
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES of Panama firm Mossack Fonseca (MF) are being investigated by US Federal prosecutors to determine if they were...
Maritime boss denies basketball tickets gift
THE NATIONAL TRANSPARENCY Authority has opened an investigation into an alleged gift of NBA basketball tickets costing $1,285 to Jorge...
OPINION: Culture icon sidelined
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, August 2 WHEN THE REPUBLIC was founded, our leaders understood the need for the country to have...
Health Minister feeling the heat
PANAMA’S recently installed Minister of Health Miguel Mayo is quickly feeling the heat in the operating room, with patients, doctors...
POWERPOINT: Can China threaten the West?
By Jonathan Power How far behind the West is China? Is its economy still booming so it could within 20...
Prosecutor gets more time to investigate bullet dodger
FORMER Vice-President Felipe 'Pipo' Virzi who is dodging the bullet of a court hearing in a case with potentially heavy...
Shoot out kills 2 wounds four
A SHOOT OUT in Monte Oscuro, Panama City, left two people dead and four wounded, including a young soccer star ...
