Over 1,000 dengue cases confirmed at D-Day launch
PANAMA’S “D Day” was launched by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) on Sunday, June 25 with the announcement of 1,036...
Month: June 2017
Tourist boat carrying 170 sinks
A TOURIST boat carrying over 170 passengers sank on Sunday June 23 in the Antioquia reservoir about 68 kilometers from...
Links to Day Without Immigrants
By Margot Thomas WITH the earlier publication of an article by John Steinbeck fan and researcher Stephen Cooper on “...
Authorities sleep at wheel as road deaths hit 226
José Moreno Moreno, a speeding driver on the Arraijan - La Chorrera highway never made it to his Saturday morning...
Lawyers move to stall highway corruption probe
THE LAWYERS of two former public works ministers embroiled in investigations of alleged overcharges by a construction company hired to...
5000 volunteers assisting reforestation
OVER 5000 people turned out at 25 location across Panama on Saturday, June 24 for the third National Reforestation Day, ...
Jailed driver asks forgiveness for cyclist death
THE DRIVER of the car that killed prominent Panamanian competition cyclist Monica Licona in September 2015 has been sentenced to...
A primer to todays social discord
By Stephen Cooper RARELY since the Great Depression has our country been as polarized and angry as it is today....
$1 million bails ex-bank boss
A KEY PLAYER in a network of interlocking corruption investigations with links to the infamous “zero circle” of the Martinelli era,...
Early pain for Marbella gain
The Marbella sector of the city where a $26.4 million project is underway to upgrade Calle Uruguay and bring back...
S&P upgrades Panama banking
STANDARD and Poor's Global Ratings has given a thumbs up to Panama’s banking industry, upgrading its risk outlook to stable,...
US Prosecutor rebutts Martinelli political persecution claim
US PROSECUTOR Benjamin G. Greenberg has rebutted a letter filed by defense lawyers of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli's defense that charges...
