Protestors stone president
AFTER BEING STONED by indigenous protestors and forced to take refuge in a schoolroom, President Juan Carlos Varela expressed his...
Month: August 2016
Space station visible from Panama
THE INTERNATIONAL Space Station will be visible from Panama City for a few minutes each evening this week, says the...
Torture watchdog and jail conditions bill
A BILL to create a watchdog against torture and regulate conditions in Panama’s prisons will head to the National Assembly...
WORLD VIEW: Isis overhyped?
POLITICIANS have it in their DNA to hype our supposed present dangers. So do journalists. So does the military-industrial complex. So do...
Top judge ignores Justice Commission
SUPREME COURT president José Ayú Prado is in the eye of a fresh storm as The State Justice Commission has...
City heads to court to fight Obarrio zoning change
PANAMA MAYOR José Isabel Blandón, is heading to the Supreme Court to fight a Ministry of Housing zoning decision for...
Darien rice and livestock boom
RICE PRODUCTION in Darien province was up 35.5 percent at the close of the agricultural year 2015-2016 as farmers move...
Martinelli extradition inches forward
PANAMA’S Foreign Ministry has asked a Supreme Court judge for a summary of the facts of the investigation of ex-president...
Killer flu virus to increase in September
THE HIN1 FLU which killed 64 people earlier in the year will be back in Panama between September and October,...
$180 million fine for Panama laundering activity
PANAMA continues to be a recognized jurisdiction at high risk for money laundering says the New York Superintendent of Financial...
New company snagged $31 million state contracts
A COMPANY created a month after Ricardo Martinelli became president, got over $31 million in contracts from seven state...
Extortion suspect held in detention
A FORMER deputy of the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) accused of extortion is in preventive detention. following a raid on...
