Lowest rainfall in 103 years threatens Canal
THE HURRICANES that devastated areas of the United States and islands in the Caribbean could affect the operation of the...
Month: October 2017
Panamas English speaking level declining
PRESIDENT Varela’s attempt to increase the number of English speakers in Pananam appears to have fallen flat according to a...
End of apartheid leader visits Panama
FREDERIK De Klerk, the last President of South Africa under the apartheid segregationist regime and Nobel Peace Prize winner...
Nidal Waked pleads guilty to laundering
PANAMA businessman Nidal Waked Hatum, a prominent player in the Waked family conglomerate, on the Clinton list as a drug smuggling...
OPINION: Theft of a heritage
The audits of the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic for lands belonging to the University of Panama...
Amador cruise terminal in two years
PANAMA’S $165 million cruise terminal in Amador will be ready in two years to receive cruise ships from the Alaska,...
Whale harassment facing $10,000 fines
PANAMA’S Environment MINISTRY (MiAmbiente) has introduced fines of up to $10,000 for harassment of whales and dolphins. The measure announced...
VIDEOPEEK: 36 Panda cubs take first bow
A total of 36 giant panda cubs born in 2017 made their first public appearance on Friday,Oct 13 at the...
OPINION: An unpardonable legacy
Panama had a golden age, in which public infrastructure was solidly built. With the arrival of abundance to the public...
Crackdown on pirate buses expands
AS DRIVERS of Diablos Rojos and Verdes style buses, (second hand US school vehicles ) continued to denounce the crackdown on...
Prosecution gets more time in overcharge probe
THE SPECIAL Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has been given a 12 month’s extension to continue the investigation related to supposed multi-million...
Bail for ex-Minister upped to $600,000
BAIL FOR Panama’s former Finance Minister Frank De Lima has been bumped up to $600,000 by The Second High Court...
