WORLD VIEW: Is Alabama hiding evidence of tortured citizens?
By Stephen Cooper BEFORE Ronald Bert Smith’s corpse grew cold – following his patently botched execution by lethal injection on...
Month: May 2017
Minister defends hospital bill payments
PANAMA’S ruling administration continues to struggle with the fall out from the presidential payment of private hospital bills for well...
Presidential piggy bank a medieval relic
THE DISCRETIONARY piggy bank of Panama’s president is an issue that is dogging Juan Carlos Varela and, like the alleged...
Rising passenger flow at Tocumen
TOCUMEN International Airport, was used by about 3.7 million passenger between January and March in 2017, an increase of 172,...
Crash death brings total past 180
A COLLISION between a dump truck and a panel van carrying newspapers on the Pan-American highway caused one death and...
Trial call for Martinelli era Minister
THE SIXTH Anti-Corruption Prosecutor has asked the Fourth Criminal Court to call Alma Cortés the stand-in leader of the CD...
Martinelli sons denied bail
A BAIL REQUEST, to enable the sons of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli to avoid arrest was rejected by Special Judge Baloisa...
OPINION: Lack of planning means city pain
hoyporhoy - La Prensa, May 20 BOTH the central government and the Municipality of Panama are working on all kinds...
OFF THE CUFF: Varelas discretionary spending challenged
THE CITIZEN'S Alliance for Justice has joined the growing chorus of complaints about the distribution of discretionary funds by President...
Varela offers housing for surgery waiting list
IN REACTION to widespread criticism of his authorizing over $17,000 in payment for hospital bills of Rolando López, executive secretary...
Casco Viejo project said flouting rules
A PROJECT in Unesco World Heritage site, Casco Viejo, is flouting decrees regulating development in the historic area say critics....
Suspect arrested in hospital contract killing
THE GUNNING down of Tatiana Lorenzo Boyd, 46, in the lobby of Hospital Panama Pacifico on Thursday, May 18, is ...
