Varela affirms Cuba trade,political support
President Juan Carlos Varela used his 27-hour visit to Cuba this week to send a "decided message" of economic and political...
Month: October 2018
Oympic Committee asks audit of $14 million funding blackhole
Panama’s Olympic Committee (COP) has called on the country’s Comptroller General to conduct an audit of multi-millions of dollars of...
Fugitive businessman for trial in airport scam
PANAMA FUGITIVE businessman Gabriel Btesh, who fled the country in 2015 while facing multiple corruption investigations has been called appear...
American retiree falls 45 floors in Bella Vista
AN AMERICAN RETIREE who was a familiar figure on Avenida Balboa where he walked his pet pitbull every day, fell...
Varela played as boomerang by sticky-fingered deputies
An investigation by La Prensa has revealed how millions of dollars came out of Pandeportes to benefit athletes of various...
Replacement for aging children’s hospital stymied again
After sitting on the backburner through two governments the plan to build a new children’s hospital to replace the aging...
WORLDVIEW: Superficiality of walls and fences
By JONATHAN POWER At first I was a bit surprised to find that the English admonition, “Good fences makes for...
Mass poisoning survivors face lack of government will
Survivors and relatives of victims of poisoning by cough mixture issued by the Social Security System (CSS) containing diethylene glycol...
MEDIAWATCH: The world’s last three options
There are three options in tackling climate change. Only one will work writes Mayer Hillman in The Guardian We’re now...
Panamas WYD dreams and logistical fears
WHILE Panama’s Tourism Authority optimistically forecasts that World Youth Day (WYD) January 22-27 in Panama provide the country’s flagging tourism...
Police heroes promoted
Two National police officers Captain, Jorge Sánchez and Second lieutenant, Carlos Camargo, were promoted on Monday, October 30 for their "dedication,...
Reward for bodyguard killer
The National Police (PN) force is offering a $ 10,000 reward, for information to identify and capture those involved in...
