Month: January 2020
OPINION: $40 million unplanned handouts
The scope of the presidential power in a centralist state is extensive and varied. Thus, the discretionary departure of the...
MEDIAWATCH: Queen Elizabeth topped the ex-royal stumblebums
By Ilana Mercer His wife, a hero of sorts only in the TV series “Suits,” had hightailed it to Canada,...
At least 17 homeless after city blaze
At least 17 people including four older adults and two minors were left homeless after a fire that started at...
71 grassland fires in Cocle in 3 weeks
Some 71 grassland fires have been recorded the province of Coclé in the first three weeks of the year says Fire...
US reports second Coronavirus case, and France gets two
A woman in her sixties who returned from Wuhan, China on January 13 and lives in Chicago is infected with...
HEALTHWATCH :Eating disorders can affect all ages
By Dr. Bethanne Keen, Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona Although eating disorders are most common in adolescents or young adults,...
Panama public debt surges past $31 billion
The balance of the debt of Panama’s non-financial public sector closed 2019 at $ a record 31,018.5 billion, reports the Directorate...
Temperature check for Air China Tocumen arrivals
Ministry of Health personnel of the ) took the temperatures of 20 Air China passengers who arrived in Panama on Thursday, January...
Aeronaval agent detained on day police capt victim buried
A agent of the National Aeronaval Service (Senan) presumed responsible for the traffic accident that killed a National Police captain...
Ex-drugs prosecutor with crime links in detention
Panama’s Superior Court of Appeals has confirmed the decision of the Judge of Guarantees to order the provisional detention of...
Panama shows little progress in fight against corruption
Panama continues its slide down the corruption scale and now stands in the 101st position of 180 countries evaluated by...