Protesting teachers and students arrested
FOUR TEACHERS and students protesting road and school conditions in the Ngäbe Buglé comarca were arrested by riot police in ...
Month: July 2017
Gasoline and diesel up 2 cents
GASOLINE and diesel prices will climb two cents a liter on Friday, July 21. The National Energy Secretariat confirms that...
Triple collision injures 22 in Panama City
A TRIPLE COLLISION on the Avenida Des Martires, near El Chorillo in Panama City on Wednesday afternoon, July 19, sent...
New Hilton Hotel for Chiriqu
DAVID, Chiriqui will see the opening of a a new 120-room Hilton hotel in the first quarter of 2019. Hampton...
HEALTH WATCH: Even children getting gastric by-passes
By Michael Greger MD WEIGHT LOSS surgery for children and adolescents is becoming widespread and is being performed in children...
OPINION: Audit delays let thieves off hook
Hoyporhoy, La Prensa July 19 Approximately 72 cases of high profile corruption cases are stalled in the investigation or judicial processes,...
Ex-university rector faces anticorruption probe
THE FORMER rector of the University of Panama Gustavo García de Paredes who has been linked to several investigations of...
Clandestine rentals mop up tourists, hit hotels
APARTMENT owners who do not pay taxes on “clandestine” tourist rentals account for 20 percent of visitor room occupancy in...
Highway blocking truckers face sanctions
DUMP TRUCK drivers who blocked the Corridor Sur for four hours on Tuesday, July 18 got a cool reception from...
Truckers block highway for four hours
OVER 80 dump trucks blocked the Corridor Sur for four hours on Tuesday, July 18., causing major traffic disruption and leading...
Martinellis $20 million bail bid rejected
PANAMA’S FUGITIVE ex-president t Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal, detained in Miami since June 12 while awaiting .extradition has raised his bid...
2 dead 18 injured in traffic incidents
PANAMA’S HIGHWAY death toll this year is hovering around the 260 mark, while injuries total thousands. The provinces of Chiriquí...
