OFF THE CUFF: The good, the bad and the fake
POCKET LINER - Ricardo Martinelli has launched yet another appeal against yet another denial of a writ of habeas corpus....
Month: April 2019
Nicaragua: agony of democracy
Near the first anniversary of the popular uprising that was drowned in blood by the government of Daniel Ortega in...
Prosecutor slams Martinelli threats
A day before the reopening of the trial of Ricardo Martinelli for alleged spying Anti-corruption prosecutor Ricaurte González denounced threats...
77.6% say “no to re-election -survey
According to a national telephone survey conducted last week by the Spanish company GAD3, of the thousand 206 interviewed,...
OFF THE CUFF: Candidates spurn culture and sick kids
CULTURE – No one can label Panama’s principal political leaders as “culture hunting vultures” a phrased used by poet Dylan...
Fast-Food, speedy delivery
Home delivery of restaurant food continues to boom in Panama with businesses such as Appetito 24, Glovo and Uber Eats...
Etesa gets thumbs up from Fitch and Moody’s
The Fitch Ratings rating company on Wednesday, April 2 assigned a rating of 'BBB' and a national long-term rating of...
OPINION: Panama's recycled pharaohs
The dynamics of clientelistic politics facilitates the re-election of deputies, since, once installed in the Assembly, they negotiate and manage...
Small regional hotels planning 3-countrypackages
Small Central American hoteliers are working on a multi-destination offer between Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama to attract visitors to...
Election campaigners visit “pediatric time bomb”
Ten days after hearing of yet another postponement of the reception of proposals for the construction of the new Hospital...
Varela visits 4th Bridge consortium in China
With the construction of the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal set to begin this year President Juan Carlos Varela...
Canal lakes face worst water crisis in 106 years
The announcement came on Tuesday, April 2 from is from was announced yesterday by Carlos Vargas, Vice President of Environment,...
