Panama homicides fall, road deaths climb
HOMICIDES in Panama during 2016 fell to 386 from 445 in 2015 but traffic fatalities shot up from 403 to...
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Waked vs American cold and immovable iceberg
THE U.S. Ambassador to Panama John Feeley has compared the situation of the company owning two Panama newspapers with that...
Very High UV ratings alert
ULTRA VIOLET radiation ratings will be at maximum in many parts if the isthmus throughout Tuesday Jan 3 says Etesa...
Robbery of US tourist thwarted by crowd
AN ATTEMPT to rob a US Tourist of her purse attempt on a crowded Costa Rican beach on New Tear’s...
Gasoline truck crash blocks major highway
A TRUCK carrying 9,200 gallons of fuel overturned on the Inter-American highway early on Tuesday January 3 and closed all...
Panama to demand Odebrecht compensation.
PANAMA will demand compensation from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht for bribes it admitted paying to government officials. Minister of...
WORLD VIEW: The Congo melting pot
THE WEST AFRICAN state of the Congo has always been taking one step forward, two steps back. This goes back...
President ignores fate of oldest paper
LA ESTRELLA, founded in February 1849 by two American’s during the California gold rush, could die this week, killed by...
Jazz festival entertains, inspires, educates
By Margot Thomas PANAMA’S Jazz Festival which celebrates its 14th anniversary this month, (Jan. 10-14) has truly earned the “iconic”...
Time running out for two Panama papers
WITH THE POTENIAL closing of La Estrella, Panama’s oldest newspaper and El Siglo its tabloid stablemate, only three days away,...
Deputies face tough fight to regain public trust
WITH HIS EYES on the Odebrecht revelations of massive bribery of local politician and administrators, National Assembly President Rubén De...
Varela makes new promise on Constitution
CRITICIZED over his 2013 unfulfilled promise promised to convene a Parallel Constituent Assembly if elected, President Juan Carlos Varela made...
