WORLD VIEW: The courage of hunger strikers
By Uri Avnery TMS Apr.23 - I HAVE a confession to make: I like Marwan Barghouti. Juri Avnery I have visited...
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Ruben Blades condemns Venezuela violence
PANAMA’S multi Grammy award winner singersongwriter, Ruben Blades has called on the Venezuelan opposition and government to stop their violent...
3 dead 6 injured in Sunday accidents
A CHILD sitting in the front seat of a car involved in a four-vehicle collision on the North Corridor was...
Copa’s New Panama – Denver Flight
STARTING in December this year Copa airlines will fly four times a week between the city of Colorado and Tocumen...
Bank alert and computer scam
BANCO GENERAL has alerted its customers to a telephone scam, with customers receiving calls to request or confirm, transactions or...
OFF THE CUFF: New Evangelical party
TWENTY-FIVE years after a previous failed attempt at making a mark on the political scene Panama’s evangelical leaders have announced...
Fish exports plunge 70% since 2008.
PANAMA fish exports have plunged seventy percent since 2008 from $419.9 million to $28.73 million at the end of...
Mossack Fonseca million dollar bail out questioned
THE MILLION DOLLAR bail granted to the central figures in the money laundering investigation of Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca...
ENVIRONMENT: Land restoration means jobs, jobs, jobs
There are two billion hectares of degraded land around the globe. Restoring it to arable conditions not only could help...
2 million flu doses ready for Vaccination Week
A SHIPMENT of two million vaccines against influenza A (H1N1) has been received in Panama, ahead of the rainy (and flu)...
OPINION: Early vaccination, citizen responsibility
Hoyporhoy, La Prensa, Apr 22 TODAY begins the XV Vaccination Week of the Americas, in order to seek the reduction...
Aeronaval Service seizes 971 drug packs
A TOTAL of 971 packages believed to contain drugs were seized on a beach in Santa Clara on the weekend...
