Non-paying power users pelt police
RIOT POLICE called in to open a road closed by protesters in Cabo Verde in Panama city were greeted with...
Month: November 2017
Clouds over wannabe guardiansof Panama’s wealth
WITH ITS founder sitting in a Miami prison cell and a host of its leading lights awaiting trial on charges...
Two State bank corruption cases feature ex VP
IRREGULARITIES at the State savings bank. Caja de Ahorros during the government of Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) led to two investigations...
Panama Hotel plans to dump Trump name
THE TRUMP Ocean Club International Hotel & Tower in Punta Pacifica Panama is the latest operation seeking to drop the...
Martinellis and corruption suspects triumph in CD elections
THE MARTINELLI family and former state ministers and deputies at the heart of ongoing corruption investigations have been elected to...
Panama’s Black Money Club
FIVE HIGH PROFILE Panamanians named by informers in Brazil and Panama as recipients of bribes have two things in common, they...
Panama-China deal needs more than optimism
PANAMA’S Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (CCIAP) has given a qualified endorsement to the recent signing of 19 agreements...
Ethiopian and Venezuelan tops in Panama marathon
ETHIOPIAN runner Hunde Gezahegn,34, was first to cross the finishing line in the 41st Panama Marathon on Sunday, November 26...
Ageless Christmas Carol with a two-man twist
By Margot Thomas CHRISTMAS without The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is like turkey without cranberry sauce. It has been...
Sweet first flight from new Colon airport
THE FIRST commercial flight from the $58 million Enrique A. Jiménez Airport took place on Friday, November 24, four years...
10-YEAR-OLD completes 7.8 mile rowing challenge
A 10-YEAR-OLD Panamanian boy, José María Varela participating in the 7.8-mile Taboga Challenge rowing race from Veracruz to Taboga, completed...
