Panama near bottom of English proficiency list.
HOW WELL is English Spoken in Central America? According to Education First's English Proficiency Index, in Costa Rica the English...
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5-Day high tide warning
A HIGH TIDE warning haswassissued for the Pacific coast on Friday, November 21 by the civil defense agency SinaprocTides will...
Hidden things and strange movements at brokerage
WHEN MAYTE Pellegrini reported anomalies and "strange movements" in the scandal ridden former brokerage Financial Pac ific (FP) she was...
Corruption probe nets six more as details unfold
ANTI-CORRUPTION prosecutors have called in for questioning another six people linked to fraud through the National Assistance Program (PAN )...
Nicaragua canal construction starts Dec 22
Nicaraguan officials say construction of the $50 billion canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans will start on December...
HEALTH WATCH: Smartphones lead to back pains
The hours spent hunched over mobile phone screens each day are causing an "epidemic" of bad posture and putting us...
Former Minister property seizure
FORMER MINISTER Guillermo Ferrufino, under investigation for alleged offenses against the public administration and possible unjust enrichment, has had some...
Panama to play role in $25 million Italian bribe case
PANAMA has been admitted as the offended party in the Italian international corruption case against Valter Lavítola and Paolo Pozzessere...
Financial Pacific scandal a media invention — founder
Financial Pacific scandal a a media “invention” -- founder THE SCANDAL surrounding Financial Pacific (FP) and the disappearance of the...
Specs for new childrens hospital well advanced
SPECIFICATIONS for a new tender for construction of a Children’s hospital to replace the degraded Hospital del Nino are being...
More allegations of Martinelli connection with suspended scandal brokerage
MAYTE PELLEGRINI, the only one currently under arrest in the Financial Pacific (FP), embezzlement scandal again referred to the linkage...
Call for transparency pact to fight corruption
CATALINA BOTERO, a former member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, has proposed that Panama implement a "transparency pact"...
