28 pregnant women with zika virus
PANAMA has received a donation of 5,000 kits for the prevention of the zika virus in pregnant women, but for...
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Italian dealmaker facing Panama corruption charges
VALTER LAVITOLA, former deal maker between the Ricardo Martinelli government and Italian businesses is heading back to court. After more than...
Mega Bank president faces insider trading charge
JUST before regulators slapped the Mega International Bank with a $180 million fine over money laundering through its Panama operation,...
Argentina names Panama bank in laundering probe
PANAMA is in the spotlight of another corruption and money laundering probe, this time involving Argentina. Argentine Federal Judge Sebastián...
WORLD VIEW: ”Big brother” in the sky
Drones are increasingly being used for humanitarian purposes around the world. That ought to include providing safer voyage for the...
OPINION: Panamas lasting shame
La Prensa, October 5 10 YEARS AGO the country officially learned that the epidemic of acute renal failure syndrome, which...
Riot police called to Via Argentina
RIOT POLICE were called to Via Argentina on Wednesday morning, October 5 to face protestors on Vía Argentina. A dozen...
Credit card debt up 22 percent
CREDIT CARD debt continues to rise with many card users earning less than $800 a month, facing usurious charges. The...
Death toll continues in coolant poisoning scandal
AN ANNUAL death toll of between 20 and 25 people continues in Panama 10 years after hundreds died from poisoning...
Talks on Panamas migrant challenge
WHILE EUROPE struggles to cope with its massive immigration problems, heightened by the conflicts in the Middle East, Panama is...
Panama on path for grim record with 378th road death
AN UNIDENTIFIED man aged around 60 became Panama’s 338th traffic fatality in 275 days, when he was hit by...
Bidding for$400 million kids hospital set for 2017
THE LONG delayed tender for the construction of the new Hospital del Niño (HN) is now scheduled for the first...
