Francolini Odebrecht probe extended
RICCARDO FRANCOLINI, the once high riding member of the Ricardo Martinelli inner circle and business associate of the former president,...
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$200,000 bail in loan scam endorsed
THE BAIL RELEASE of two members of the consortium HPCContratasP & V consortium was endorsed by the Second High Court...
OFF THE CUFF: Catch 22 keeps ex-judge in jail
FORMER SUPREME Court president Alejandro Moncada Luna has, in his time, seen many sentenced felons leave the courtroom on their...
OFF THE CUFF: Pay day for Panamas alternates”
ON MONDAY, May 28, nearly 500 National Assembly alternate representatives will be able to stuff their wallets with their first...
ENVIRONMENT: Giving cities breathing space
By Michael Brauer TODAY, just over 50 percent of the global population is urbanized. By 2050, this will grow to...
Catheter shortage delays kidney transplants
SOCIAL SECURITY patients awaiting kidney transplants are having their surgery delayed because of the scarcity of some supplies particularly certain...
Questions continue over medical bill donations
QUESTIONS continue to reverberate in the media and on social networks over revelations of major financial donations for surgery to...
Copa Airlines pilots stage protest
COPA AIRLINES pilots who are planning to strike for better working conditions and increased pay demonstrated Thursday May 25 in...
42,580 expired products found in stores
By Margot Thomas DO YOU regularly check the expiry dates of products when you are shopping in a supermarket or...
Presidency employee gets $27,000 for US surgery
MARÍA Inés Marien Calviño Correa, a former employee of the President’s family business and a well paid member of his...
The disappearing Panama Spring
THE ELECTION of Juan Carlos Varela in 2014 was seen by many as a harbinger of a “Panama Spring” after ...
MEDIA WATCH: The Manchester slaughter
COMMENTATORS across the political spectrum have been in reflective mood following Monday night's suicide attack on an Ariana Grande concert...
