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Retrograde tobacco bill to get Varela veto
After outcries from The Ministry of Health (Minsa), cancer centers and NGO’s President Juan Carlos Varela has promised to veto...
Pirate buses warned off Metro routes
Pirate bus owners have been warned that they cannot operate on the same routes as the Metro buses and the...
Supporters bused in for no-show capo
Scores of CD Party supporters were bused to the Electoral Tribunal in Ancon on Tuesday, April 9 but Ricardo Martinelli...
6 bids for Isla Colon facelift
Six companies have submitted tenders to The Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) for the design and construction of the tourist revitalization...
San Carlos fishermen get tourism boost
A project to equip the beaches with facilities such as bathrooms, showers, parking lots and a perimeter wall was presented...
“Gringo pedophile has US crime sheet
A man described by local media as the Boquete Gringo pedophile in detention charged with rape and abuse of...
Sick kids hospital staff have had enough
Doctors, nurses, technical and administrative staff of Panama’s children’s hospital Hospital del Nino took to the street near the aging...
OPINION: Toying with Panama justice
This week the judicial drama of the former president of the Republic Ricardo Martinelli is multiplied by three. While Plaza...
Martinelli’s bid to exit jail rejected
Ex-president Ricardo Martinelli after again playing his near-death health card as he plans to run in a stressful election failed...
Joint team drug seizure from semi-submersible
In a combined operation between the authorities of Panama and Colombia, with the support of the United States, 920 packages...
