Panama H1N1 health alert
THE RAPID increase in cases of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), and the prevalence of influenza A (H1N1), has led...
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Brazil and Panama in cooperation spat
BRAZIL prosecutors are at odds with Panama’s Attorney General over the interpretation of cooperation on a request for help with...
President stalls on procurement law
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela has long been lampooned by political cartoonists and commentators for what they see as his tortoise-like...
Lawyers view Martinelli extradition request
LAWYERS for former President Ricardo Martinelli have been allowed access to the file involving the long delayed extradition request submitted...
OPINION: Panamas corruption complicity
Hoyporhoy, La Prensa, June 1. THE PRESIDENT and his advisers are still debating whether to approve the procurement bill. The...
Money laundering guessing game
WHO KNEW what and when, has become a guessing game in the Waked family money laundering scandal with the news...
Call for Martinelli trial in $49 million dried food scam
JUDGE Oyden Ortega serving as prosecutor has requested a hearing for former president Ricardo Martinelli to face charges of ...
laundering probe hits 149 workers
THE FALLOUT from the investigation of alleged money laundering by the Waked family has hit 149 workers, of La Riviera...
Panama blocks Brazil corruption request
WHILE PANAMA’S Attorney General, found time last week to attend a UN conference on crime the country's Public Ministry has...
WORLD VIEW: women shortage means new underclass
By Jonathan Power OVER 200 YEARS we have watched with a mixture of fascination and horror the explosion of population...
OPINION: When Panama sets a good example
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, May 31 TODAY is World No Smoking Day, a date that allows us to intensify efforts to...
GREEN ALERT for Pacific beaches
A 24 HOURS “green”alert for beach communities on Panama’s Pacific Coast was issued by The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc)...
