Future PAN buck stops here says Varela
PRESIDENT, Juan Carlos Varela, says that he will not close the National Assistance Program (PAN), despite the alleged corruption scandals...
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PAN SCANDAL: Tamburrelli in Intensive Care
THE FORMER DIRECTOR of the National Assistance Program (PAN) Giacomo Tamburrelli is in the ICU of the San Fernando Hospital...
$11 million Metropolitan Cathedral restoration
PANAMA’S historic Metropolitan Cathedral in Casco Viejo, is finally heading for a $11 million complete restoration, to alleviate its deteriorating...
Bank accounts, contracts, linked to suspended judge
THE SEIZURE of newly discovered bank accounts linked to suspended Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Moncada Luna will come before the...
Protests, arrests as work starts on Nicaragua Canal
THE NICARAGUAN government and the Chinese HKND Group, the project concessionaire for the Nicaraguan Grand Canal formally opened the construction...
Santa Clara bandits rampage halted
A WEEKEND ROBBERY rampage by a gang of five in the area of Santa Clara, in Juan Diaz and Chanis,...
Prosecutor asks for lifting of immunity for 3 CD deputies
NEWLY ELECTED CD deputies denounced for use of state funds during the May 2014 elections are not yet of the hook...
Tamburelli to hospital on eve of revealing corruption names
GIACOMO TAMBURELLI the former executive director of Panama’s National Assistance Program entered the emergency room of the Hospital San Fernando...
Voters swing away from Martinellis CD party
PANAMA’S ruling Panameñista Party won three seats in the Sunday, December 21 elections,and the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) took another...
OFF THE CUFF: Bloodied Martinelli returns to the attack
RICARDO MARTINELLI, Panama’s ex authoritarian president said on Sunday December 21 that he “never forced anyone to sign" a $45...
OFF THE CUFF: Errant drivers and the cost of living
LIFE for errant drivers in Costa Rica automatically gets more expensive each year as fines rise in line with the...
Garbage collection role to return to city in 2016
PANAMA’S long standing losing battle with garbage collection has taken another turn as City Mayor Jose Isabel Blandon, plans to...
