ENVIRONMENT: Flushing vital resources down the drain
Wednesday March 22 is World Water Day. By 2025, absolute water scarcity will be a daily reality for an estimated...
Month: March 2017
WORLD VIEW: Sustainable Development todays challenge
The bumper-sticker mantra ‘think globally, act locally’ is an important factor as countries strive for ending poverty, protecting the environment...
Pope sends message to youth visitors to Panama WYD
POPE FRANCIS has sent a video message to the scores of thousands of young people who are going to participate...
Racism storm earns restaurant official visit
A COSTA del ESTE pizza restaurant , in the eye of a storm over an alleged act of racism was...
Chained HIV Foundation head protests medicine shortage
ORLANDO QUINTERO the director of Probisida, a foundation that assists people with HIV chained himself to the entrance of the...
2019 election could cost $450 million
THE 2019 ELECTIONS could cost around $450 million) with the cap for private funding of $5 per voter suggested by...
Electricity rationing plan canceled
THE ELECTRICITY rationing that was to have been implemented in Panama City and Colon on Monday, March 20 has been...
Ex state bank manager seeks release from jail cell
DEFENSE lawyers for the jailed former Caja de Ahorros manager Jayson Pastor have filed a second petition for his release...
Panama job market down 14% in January
LABOR CONTRACTS registered with Panama’s Ministry of Labor (Mitradel) fell sharply in January down 14% in compared to the same...
WORLD VIEW: Learning to fight famine
ONCE AGAIN the media is presenting us with the images of the mother of all famines- stretching from the Yemen...
OPINION: Recognizing Panamas health scientists
Hopyporhoy La Prensa Mar.20 PANAMANIANS are not exempt from suffering from endemic diseases such as chikungunya, zika or dengue,...
New corridor configuration will boost bus use
THE NUMBER of passengers using the Metro bus system on the the Corredor Norte and Corredor Sur is forecast to...
