Mayor closes quarry after citizen protests
FOR THE SECOND TIME in as many weeks, citizen protests have come out on the winning side. On Thursday July...
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MEDIA WATCH: Noriega suing over image use
FORMER Panama dictator Manuel Noriega is currently occupying a jail cell in Renacer prison, apart from occasional forays to Santo...
PRD blood letting continues
FOUR SENIOR PRD officials have resigned from the controlling committee (CEN) with one of them claiming the exits were because...
Investigation of alleged electoral fraud
Officials of the Electoral Tribunal (TE) on Tuesday, July 16, continued their examination of records of the Community Board of...
Work on Nicaragua Canal, to start December
WORK on the Nicaraguan canal is to start in December and will give a huge boost to the country’s economy...
Panamas poor kids cut out of millionaires will
UNDER TEH HEADLINE: “How Panama Cut Poor Kids Out Of A Florida Millionaire's Will” WLRN/Miami Herald has published a devastating...
Reviewing over 300, Martinelli pardons case by case
THE PARDONS granted by former President Ricardo Martinelli at the end of his term should be reviewed on a case...
President not happy with work of Comptroller
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela is not happy with the country’s comptroller, Gioconda Torres de Bianchini, a former employee of Ricardo...
Naming of “scandal” park opposed
PANAMA CITY MAYOR José Blandon has added his voice to the growing number of objections to the naming of a...
82 Chiriqui homes damaged by high winds
HIGH WINDS and heavy rain caused heavy damage to 82 homes in Chiriqui on Monday, July 14, The roofs of...
Costa Rican in World Cup Dream Team
A COSTA RICAN and a Colombian are among the 11 players chosen by the football (soccer)pundits as the “World Cup...
Magnifying glass on Martinelli era, zoning changes
Minister of Housing Mario Etchelecu said Monday, July 14. that the entity’s legal team institution will review, with a magnifying...
