Traffic chaos as power outage shuts Metro
AN EXPLOSION in an electrical substation in Penonome shut down Panama’s metro line, caused traffic chaos, trapped people in elevators...
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OPINION: Money laundering tarnishing press freedom
Hoyporhoy La Prensa June 27 THE TAXES that Panamanians paid with so much effort were given to a company as...
WORLD VIEW: Launch of UN military force?
THE UNITED NATIONS is often scapegoated for the falling short of its peacekeeping troops and deployments. Why are they not...
Expanded Panama Canal usage creates new records
THE NUMBER of ships using the expanded Panama Canal locks daily during the first year of operation was more than...
Prosecutors swoop on $39.9 million media buy money laundering
CRIMINAL CHARGES have been laid against 17 individuals and a law firm involved in the $39.9 million acquisition of the...
Canada celebrates 150th birthday with some Panama style chaos
by Howard Williams CANADA'S 150th anniversary celebrations started this year with Panamanian-style flooding, which ended in time for Ottawa, the...
Panama law firm in Odebrecht bribery probe
THE PUBLIC MINISTRY is investigating a prominent Panama law firm which in the last half of 2010, received more than...
Financial Pacific scandal mocks persecution cry
EX-PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli, his lawyers and supporters continue to claim that criminal investigations into his activities and members of his...
Over 1,000 dengue cases confirmed at D-Day launch
PANAMA’S “D Day” was launched by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) on Sunday, June 25 with the announcement of 1,036...
Tourist boat carrying 170 sinks
A TOURIST boat carrying over 170 passengers sank on Sunday June 23 in the Antioquia reservoir about 68 kilometers from...
Links to Day Without Immigrants
By Margot Thomas WITH the earlier publication of an article by John Steinbeck fan and researcher Stephen Cooper on “...
Authorities sleep at wheel as road deaths hit 226
José Moreno Moreno, a speeding driver on the Arraijan - La Chorrera highway never made it to his Saturday morning...
