250 face corruption trials
THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S Office has sought judgment in at least 20 cases of alleged corruption linked to 250 people and...
Month: December 2016
Panama gets over $1 billion from Canal
PANAMA’S NATIONAL Treasury will get a more than $1 billion fillip from The Panama Canal Authority (ACP)whose Board of Directors...
OPINION: CSS in crisis needs new boss
La Prensa Dec, 17 THE SOCIAL Security Fund (CSS) faces a systemic crisis and is bureaucratic, inefficient and hostile to...
ENVIRONMENT: “Indigenous people walled off from protecting forests
A NEW study released in Mexico, reveals that governments in Central America, including Panama often with the support of donor...
Panama Canal in top 17 must visit places
THE PANAMA CANAL has been named as one of the top places to visit in the 2017 honor roll published...
10 hospitalized after restaurant explosion
TEN WORKERS at a KFC restaurant were rushed to hospital suffering from second and first degree burns following an explosion...
Waked could save Estrella, Siglo by selling his shares
THE FATE of La Estrella Panama’s oldest newspaper, and its stablemate El Siglo is in the hands of their owner...
$7 million for presidential plane equipment
$7 MILION for the purchase of technical equipment for the presidential plane has been approved by the Cabinet Council. The...
$35 million facelift for Parque Omar
PARQUE OMAR, in San Francisco, one of Panama City’s prime green recreational locations is to get a major renovation with...
Rice farmers plan march on presidency
IN THE FACE of government statements that there is “no problem” with Panama’s rice harvest, producers will stage a peaceful...
Medellin a magnet for Christmas vacationers
FOR THOSE not planning a Christmas at home there is a raft of affordable destinations in and out of the...
Billy Cunningham still scoring big
By Mark Scheinbaum DELRAY BEACH, Florida )—A gawky Billy Cunningham from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn stepped off his...
