State bankdirectors petitions denied
PETITIONS by two former board members of the state owned Caja de Ahorros Savings Bank (CA) in connection with a...
Month: January 2017
Varelas discretionary hand outs near $15 million.
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela distributed $5 million in “discretionary” spending in the first nine months of the year, up from...
Car sales up, in spite of public transportation spending
BILLIONS of government dollars spent on improving public transportation has not stemmed the continued growth in car sales. For the...
Panama high waves alert
A TWO DAY HIGH WAVES alert has been issued for Panama with heights of up to four meters on the...
Street kiosks make way for pedestrians
AS BUSINESSES and families began removing their Christmas decorations on Saturday Jan.7, workers directed by the mayor’s office moved to...
Viteri detained in Santo Tomas
DAVID VITERI, once on Panama’s “most wanted” list and awaiting trial for attempted homicide, has moved from a police cell...
Christmas farewell 2: Give yourself a new year gift.
AFTER a non-stop working holiday season, Newsroom staff spent the day after 12th Night taking down the Christmas Village that...
Christmas farewell 1.
PANAMA’S GARBAGE Authority began harvesting Christmas trees on Saturday Dec 7 and asks the population not to discard trees in...
Celebrating 10 years of community giving
By Lourdes Quijada THE INVITATION reads: “You are invited to the biggest party of them all" which for those who...
Boquete Flower Fair will feature hanging gardens
OVER 300,000 visitors are expected at the 45th Boquete International Flower and Coffee Fair starting on Thursday Jan 12. For...
Multi-vehicle accident injures 7, three critically
SEVEN people were injured, three of them critically in a multi vehicular collision on Friday afternoon, December 6 in Loma...
US blockade runners off Clinton list
SIX PANAMA COMPANIES and two citizens who broke the US commercial blockade on Cuba during the Fidel Catro years, have...
