Month: January 2017

Gasoline truck crash blocks major highway

January 3, 2017

A TRUCK carrying 9,200 gallons of fuel overturned on the Inter-American highway early on Tuesday January 3 and closed all...

Panama to demand Odebrecht compensation.

January 3, 2017

PANAMA will demand compensation from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht for bribes it admitted paying to government officials. Minister of...

WORLD VIEW: The Congo melting pot

January 3, 2017

THE WEST AFRICAN state of the Congo has always been taking one step forward, two steps back. This goes back...

President ignores fate of oldest paper

January 3, 2017

LA ESTRELLA, founded in February 1849 by two American’s during the California gold rush, could die this week, killed by...

Jazz festival entertains, inspires, educates

January 2, 2017

By Margot Thomas PANAMA’S Jazz Festival which celebrates its 14th anniversary this month, (Jan. 10-14) has truly earned the “iconic”...

Time running out for two Panama papers

January 2, 2017

WITH THE POTENIAL closing of La Estrella, Panama’s oldest newspaper and El Siglo its tabloid stablemate, only three days away,...

Deputies face tough fight to regain public trust

January 2, 2017

WITH HIS EYES on the Odebrecht revelations of massive bribery of local politician and administrators, National Assembly President Rubén De...

Varela makes new promise on Constitution

January 2, 2017

CRITICIZED over his 2013 unfulfilled promise promised to convene a Parallel Constituent Assembly if elected, President Juan Carlos Varela made...

International award to Panama conservationist

January 2, 2017

IT’S NOT EVERYDAY that Panama’s conservation efforts get international recognition, especially when linked to the lowly sloth. Dr Diorene Smith Cabellos The...