WORLDVIEW: Arming against China
By Jonathan Power Last week, the American Secretary of Defense, Jim Mathis, declared a new era: “There has been a...
Month: January 2018
Martinelli loses extradition battle
Ex-president Ricardo Martinelli lost his final battle to avoid extradition to Panama, on Tuesday, Jan.23 when Judge Marcia Cooke, of...
Panama exits EU tax haven black list
PANAMA has been removed from the European Union’s tax haven black list that was published in December The Ministers of...
Moodys gives Canal expansion thumbs up
MEXICO January 22, - Eighteen months after the expansion of the Panama Canal began to operate, its performance exceeded expectations....
5-hour power interruption, Jan. 24
FOUR areas of Panama city will face interruptions in electricity supply during a five hour period on Wednesday, January 24...
Mayor tackles Varela over Cinta Costera
PANAMA City Mayor José Blandón is fighting back against a presidential decree covertly aimed at restricting demonstrations on the Cinta...
Panama road carnage continues in 2018
2017 saw a fall in the number of deaths on Panama roads, but for a country with a population of...
25 injured in triple collision
EARLY REPORTS said that 25 people were injured in a Monday morning rush hour triple collision in San Juan de...
Martinelli truculent in defeat
EX-PRESIDENT, Ricardo Martinelli and now, ex-leader of the Democratic Change (CD) party that he created and ruled for 20 years, ...
Secrecy agreements over airport land deals
Tocumen, S.A., is signing confidentiality agreements with the owners of the land which will be bought to build the third runway...
HEALTH WATCH: Lives at stake in salt debate
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM FOR DECADES, a sometimes furious battle has raged among scientists over the extent to which...
Martinelli ousted from CD party leadership
RICARDO MARTINELLI is no longer the leader of the party he founded funded to further his political ambitions and ruled...
