Protesting rice farmers pepper sprayed
POLICE used pepper spray to force rice producers from across the country to open up the InterAmericana highway, at Divisa,...
Month: January 2017
Panama red alert suspect married in Dominican Republic
WEST VALDÉS, the ex-director of the scandal plagued Financial Pacific (FP), brokerage who is on an Interpol red alert list...
State owned bank bails out Odebrecht
PANAMA’S National Bank (Banco Nacional de Panama) has thrown a financial lifeline to the Odebrecht led consortium, that is constructing...
WORLD VIEW: Will the Monroe doctrine die under Trump?
By Nicola Bilotta WITH Donald Trump’s victory in the Presidential election North American foreign policy will experience radical changes. Nicola...
Panamas open secret bribery
IN SPITE of the Odebrecht construction giant’s confession of having paid hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to Latin...
Tourism visa decree
FOREIGNERS who have a visa from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or Australia, will be able to enter...
Dispute over who pays for sin bin gentrification
Dispute over “sin bin” gentrification THE TERRAPLEN (embankment) area leading into Casco Viejo, was recently cleared of kiosks, which were...
20,000 polleras boost Las Tablas economy
By Margot Thomas THE LA GALA “Parade of a 1000 Polleras” in Las Tablas, in Los Santos province, on Saturday...
Cold front closes two national parks
THE AMISTAD International Park (PILA) and the Volcán Barú National Park affected by a cold front and strong winds that have...
People power saves park, Teatro next?
PEOPLE POWER won out over the bureaucracy in Panama on Friday, Jan 13. After two hours of strongly voiced and...
TODAYS SMILE: When Irish eyes are smilin
Murphy told Quinn that his wife was driving him to drink. Quinn thinks he's very lucky because his own wife...
Rough ride for presidency official at Parque Omar
FRIDAY THE 13TH was not a good day for Carlos Duboy, Secretary of Goals of the Presidency, who was widely...
