New canal crossing will be toll bridge
THERE WILL BE no free crossing of the new fourth bridge over the Panama Canal with plans already in place...
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Globe trotting judge defended
THE ACTING president of the Supreme Court (CSJ), defended the globe trotting chief magistrate Jose Ayu Prado whose latest jaunt...
Wannabe jetsetter deported to Panama
THE ROPE has finally run out for wannabe jetsetter Mayer Mizrachi who has been thumbing his nose at Panamanian justice...
Top cop pension deal attacked
GOVERNMENT spokesmen have been quick to react to a storm of criticism over an executive decree favoring senior police officers...
US funded anti-crime studies questioned
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new paper from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) questions the findings of one of the only...
Canadian Thanksgiving celebration with special touches
By Margot Thomas OCTOBER is a special month for Canadians bringing the magnificent fall colors to maple forests, and “Thanksgiving.”...
Tocumen international on track to $220 million income
REVENUES bounded 22% while expenses fell in the first seven months of the year at Tocumen International Airport. The perfect...
OPINION: 30 pieces of silver
Hoy por Hoy La Prensa Sep 6 THE COURT conviction for buying votes, by CD candidates for deputy and alternate...
2 girls drowned in flooding river
TWO GIRLS aged 10 and 12, were swept away by rising waters in Cocle on Sunday September 4. Thei bodies...
Jailed vote buyer considers appeal
FORMER CD deputy candidate Heriberto Yunito Vega jailed for vote buying and the use of state resources in an election,...
Canal fallout from shipper bankruptcy
THE EUPHORIA generated by the opening of the Panama Canal expansion has been muted by the bankruptcy of the world’s...
WORLD VIEW: America threatened?
THE FRENCH ambassador to the US from 1902 to 1924, Jean-Jules Jusserand, observed that distant powers could not easily threaten...
