DNA tests confirm bones from missing tourist
DNA TESTS performed on a second set of remains found on the banks of river Culubre in Bocas del...
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China expanding interest in Panama Canal
CHINA has its eyes not only on a Nicaraguan Canal, but also on the construction of a fourth set of...
Metro Line 2 construction early 2015
WORK ON Line 2 of the Panama Metro, a project that is to be tendered on Sept. 15, could start...
OFF THE CUFF: Russia a target for Panama farmers?
TAXPAYER DOLLARS - The Tribunal Electoral (TE) has begun an investigation into the advertising spending by 47 state institutions during the...
Exiting director stonewalls deputies on hospital deaths
THE DIRECTOR of Panama’s Social Security Fund (CSS), GuillermoSáez-Llorens repeatedly dodged questions from members of the National Assembly about the...
Colliding pirate buses send nine to hospital
JUST OVER two weeks after a speeding “pirate” bus killed two passengers and sent 16 to hospital, a collision between...
Anti-corruption investigation into Martinelli era $250 million contract
PANAMA’S new government has launched a three pronged investigation into the long simmering scandal of the $250 million purchase of...
Body-in-suitcase suspect arrested in Panama
A 56-YEAR-OLD Swiss man has been arrested in Panama in connection with the death of a Canadian, whose body was discovered...
Cabinet focuses on transportation system
WHILE Panama engineers and architects are questioning the value of a second metro subway line The Cabinet Council approved on,...
OFF THE CUFF: Guess who’s not coming to dinner
UNWELCOME MAT- It’s not likely that Wall Street Journal (WSJ) columnist Mary O'Grady, will be getting a dinner invitation from...
Electoral code reforms not retroactive – Varela
REFORMS to the Electoral Code need to be discussed and approved in the Assembly and supported by the Electoral Tribunal...
Martinelli economic policies a debacle
PANAMANIAN businessmen and economists have been warning or three years that the economic policies of the Martinelli government would be...
