Infant and toddler drowned by high waves
ONLY A FEW hours after a high waves warning was issued for most of the Panama coastline A three-month-old infant...
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WORLD VIEW: The ongoing refugee crisis
By Jacqueline Bhabha REFUGEES and other distress migrants have been forced to leave their homes in exceedingly large numbers for...
Martinelli invited to Trump inauguration
FORMER PANAMA president Ricardo Martinelli, the focus of multiple multi million dollar corruption investigations has been invited to the presidential...
Cold front forces Volcan tourists evacuation
OVER 100 tourists were evacuated from the Volcan Barú, and two local parks were closed on the weekend , as...
Comptroller stays mum on Odebrecht audit call
A SECOND REQUEST by Administration Prosecutor Rigoberto Gonzalez to Comptroller Federico Humbert, to open an investigation into the works executed...
$250,000 electricity distributor fine upheld
A $250,000 FINE imposed on the Chiriquí Electric Distribution Company (EDECHI) for failure to comply with current electricity regulations, has...
7 injured in Americas bridge crash
SEVEN PASSENGERS in a pirate bus were rushed to Santo Tomas hospital, after a head on collision between the bus...
Remembering 1964 student martyrs
COMMEMORATIVE activities to mark the events of Jan. 9, 1964, when high school students entered the US zone in Panama...
Copa Airlines world number 2 for punctuality
PANAMA’S leading international carrier, Copa Airlines, got worldwide recognition last week when it was recognized holding the second spot in...
State bankdirectors petitions denied
PETITIONS by two former board members of the state owned Caja de Ahorros Savings Bank (CA) in connection with a...
Varelas discretionary hand outs near $15 million.
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela distributed $5 million in “discretionary” spending in the first nine months of the year, up from...
Car sales up, in spite of public transportation spending
BILLIONS of government dollars spent on improving public transportation has not stemmed the continued growth in car sales. For the...
