Varela weekends at European soccer final
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela, put aside for the weekend the cares of state and the ongoing focus on his profligate...
Month: June 2017
State bank manager bail upped to $500,000
AFTER over seven months behind bars the former manager of The Caja de Ahorros (CA) Jayson Pastor has been released...
Moves to block Martinelli helicopter seizure
A PETITION to overrule the seizure of a helicopter linked to Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares that is connected to the...
Mexican ex-governor arrested at Tocumen
WHILE INTERPOL seems to be wearing blinkers when it comes to looking for Panamanians on its red alert list in...
Gay Pride steps up to Cinta Costera
PANAMA’S GAY PRIDE parade is expected to attract at least 10,000 participants this year as it moves from Via Argentina...
MEDIA WATCH: Die, Suffer, You Kahba
By Gideon Levy Haaretz, Israel, Jun 4, A HORRIFIC incident took place in the occupied territories last Thursday. It was...
WORLD VIEW: Democracy in crisis?
By Henrietta Moore IT SEEMS like everywhere we look right now we see democracy in crisis. Prof. Henrietta Moore Since...
MEDIA WATCH: Trump keeps focus on devoted supporters with Accord withdrawal
WHEN President Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate accord, he cast the decision as...
OFF THE CUFF: Assembly costs spiral
IF THERE’S going to be any government belt tightening it’s not going to be in the National Assembly where costs...
Martinelli threatens 2019 run for mayor
UNFAZED by multiple corruption charges and an Interpol Red Alert, ex-president Ricardo Martinelli has boasted to his Alma Mater that...
OPINION: Protesting sex workerarrests flout constitution
Hoyporhoy La Prensa June 4 IN RECENT years, workers, teachers' unions, retirees, civil society demanding a vigorous fight against have freely...
ENVIRONMENT: recycling waste and prisoners
OVER 800 PRISONERS in Panama’s notorious La Joyita prison are part of a society re-integration program that helps the environment,...
