Report on lawmakers donations under wraps
THE RULERS of the National Assembly (AN) appear to be sitting on the report of a commission that investigated irregularities...
Month: July 2017
Ex-PAN boss may end 30 months detention cell stay
THE FORMER Director of the National Assistance Program (PAN), in preventive detention for over two- and-a-half-years has been granted house...
Ex-rector no-show for anticorruption probe
THE EMBATTLED former rector of the University of Panama (UP) was a no-show at a scheduled interrogation by an Anticorruption...
WORLD VIEW: Global Health, Today and Tomorrow
By Loyce Pace WHAT comes to mind when someone says, “global health?” Does it evoke a heart-wrenching visual of someone...
Independence of Panama AG office stressed
ROLANDO RODRÍGUEZ, Secretary General of Panama’s Attorney General's Office, defended its independence while handling investigations related to bribes paid by...
Snake kills 16-year-old girl
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl became the year’s first fatal victim of a snake bite on Sunday July 22. The incident happened...
OPINION: Looking for Amazing Grace
RECENTLY, at the Community Church in Woodland Hills, California, a woman sang “Amazing Grace.” She sang slow with sweet, lilting...
Canadas role in Panama’s abandoned WMDs
AS THE US prepare to spend $13 million on ridding Isla San Jose of chemical weapons left behind after the...
Tax holiday for tourist rentals may end
THE TAX-FREE ride of Panama apartment owners renting to tourists may be coming to an end with a proposal put...
Four contenders for canal bridge contract
THE COMPETITION for the design and construction of the fourth bridge over the The Panama Canal will is down to...
Court negates appeal of brokerage directors
THE TWO former directors of the scandal plagued former brokerage Financial Pacific (FP)got another setback this week when Judge María...
OPINION: Doctors mocking justice
hoyporhoy La Prensa July 22 THE TWISTED lines of Panamanian justice have a very special place for the cases that surround a...
