Martinelli got $7 million loan in 20 minutes
IT TOOK just a short elevator ride and a 20 minute conversation on the terrace for ex-president Ricardo Martinelli to...
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THEATRE: Make time for Christmas Stopping
By Margot Thomas IF YOU ARE an early Christmas shopper add tickets for the Theatre Guild of Ancon (TGA) seasonal ...
Questioning ends for state bank, ex-board member
THE INTERROGATION of former Caja de Ahorros (CA) board member Fernando Correa, as part of the ongoing investigation into irregularities at...
Media sanctions clause dropped from women’s protection bill
A LAW strengthening protections for women will go ahead but will no longer include a provision for regulating the media....
Panamas shrinking job market raising concerns
THE COMPLETION of the Panama Canal expansion project is one of the key factors leading to a sharp decrease in...
WORLD VIEW: What if Obama stayed in office?
By Jonathan Power AN INTERESTING question is what would happen to American foreign policy if President Barack Obama were allowed...
Panama Bay conservation plan stalled
THE MINISTRY of the Environment, tasked in 1915 with creating a conservation plan for the wetlands of the Bay of...
Whoever wins US election democracy holds US ambassador
IT DOESN’T matter who wins the US presidential election America will have a democracy said the United States Ambassador in...
Basic food prices fall
THE PRICES of over half the items that make up the Panama food basket fell during the month of August....
OFF THE CUFF: Transparency boss issued $1.4 million direct contract
AS A CIVIL SOCIETY activist Angélica Maytín was a scourge of the previous administration but in her role as director...
Civil society knocks non functioning deputies
SECTORS of civil society are demanding that elected well paid deputies should show up for work to fulfill their constitutional...
Another part of missing helicopter found
A SECOND part of helicopter HP-1762 that went missing in the Gulf of Chiriqui Tuesday. Nov.2 was found on Saturday...
