982 Copa pilots on strike alert
COPA AIRLINES 982 pilots are poised to strike on Thursday June 15 if their demands on pay, seniority and working...
Month: May 2017
Panama loves its chicken meat
PANAMANIANS ate 90 lbs per capita, of chicken meat in 2016 up three pounds per person from the previous year....
WORLD VIEW: When no impunity means NO
By Rut Diamint and Laura Tedesco THE STREETS of Argentina’s cities went white on May 10 as tens of thousands...
Maple Leaf Tulipmarks Canadas 150th birthday
TULIP TIME in Ottawa is always a special spring celebration with thousands of tulip bulbs donated by Holland each year...
Lawyers reject criminalizing tax evasion
THE POSSIBILITY that the government might yield to “external pressures and make tax evasion in Panama a criminal offence has ...
Trial of alleged killers of expats delayed
THE TRIAL of alleged serial killer William “Wild Bill” Holbert, and Laura Reese, scheduled for Monday May 29 has been...
Francolini Odebrecht probe extended
RICCARDO FRANCOLINI, the once high riding member of the Ricardo Martinelli inner circle and business associate of the former president,...
$200,000 bail in loan scam endorsed
THE BAIL RELEASE of two members of the consortium HPCContratasP & V consortium was endorsed by the Second High Court...
OFF THE CUFF: Catch 22 keeps ex-judge in jail
FORMER SUPREME Court president Alejandro Moncada Luna has, in his time, seen many sentenced felons leave the courtroom on their...
OFF THE CUFF: Pay day for Panamas alternates”
ON MONDAY, May 28, nearly 500 National Assembly alternate representatives will be able to stuff their wallets with their first...
ENVIRONMENT: Giving cities breathing space
By Michael Brauer TODAY, just over 50 percent of the global population is urbanized. By 2050, this will grow to...
Catheter shortage delays kidney transplants
SOCIAL SECURITY patients awaiting kidney transplants are having their surgery delayed because of the scarcity of some supplies particularly certain...
