Go-ahead for $250 million Pacora free zone
A FREE TRADE zone in Pacora that will create 6,000 jobs has received the go-ahead from the Cabinet Council. The jobs would be for workers such as electricians and engineers...
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Planes supersede Martinelli radar gaff
PANAMA has sidelined the $250 million radar system purchased by the Ricardo Martinelli Government in favor of aircraft patrols to...
OPINION;The Joy of Public Defense
OPINION;The Joy of Public Defense By Stephen Cooper When a zealous public defender acting as the effective lawyer guaranteed by...
Metro line 2 27 percent advanced
AFTER 13 months of construction work Metro line 2 is 27 percent advanced, and 12 of the 16 stations on the line are underway says Metro Director Roberto Roy....
Nidal Waked extradition gets presidential nod
THE EXTRADITION of Nidal Waked from Colombia to the United States to face charges of money laundering and bank fraud ...
WORLD VIEW: Nuclear energy where now?
By Mark Hibbs IN 1945 generating electricity was one of a number of potential applications of atom-splitting technology developed in...
Mossack Fonseca challenged to discuss corruption
TRANSPARENCY International has thrown down the gauntlet to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca, center of the "Panama Papers" scandal, and...
50,000 new vehicles boost gas sales,traffic jams
NEARLY 50.000 new vehicles on Panama roads helped push push gasoline sales up 8.9 percent in the first nine months of...
Body of landslide victim found
THE BODY of a Nueva Libia landslide victim, Virgilio Martínez, 42 who went missing, Nov 22, has been found. Martinez...
CD Party protests persecution at Human Rights meeting
A SCATTERING of CD Party members led by the former first lady, Marta Martinelli demonstrated in front of the the Radisson Decápolis hotel...
Firefighters challenged by grassland arsonists
Panama Fire Fighters (CBP) dealt with 460 fires throughout the country, from January 1 to November 14. Jaime Villar, director...
OPINION: The scourge of obesity
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, Nov 29 CHRONIC non communicable diseases are a scourge responsible for half of deaths in Panama. Diabetes, hypertension...
