Ex state bank president denied bail
RICCARDO FRANCOLINI’S introduction to life behind bars will continue after The Second High Court of Justice denied a bailapplication. The decision...
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Court rejects probe of Assembly President, Comptroller
COMPLAINTS against the President of the National Assembly Rubén De León, and Panama’s Comptroller Federico Humbert over irregularities in “donations”...
Quake aftershocks destroy homes, damage schools, roads
OVER 70 aftershocks have destroyed 11 homes and damaged at least 23, since the Sunday Apr 2 earthquake in Chiriqui....
IFF: Puerto Rican director plans English feature
PUERTO RICAN movie director Ari Maniel Cruz back in Panama for the second consecutive year at the Film Festival (IFF)...
Shamah no-show corruption case adjourned
THE FORMER head of the The Panama Tourism Authority (ATP), Salomon Shamah, and his defense were no-shows at a Tuesday...
WORLD VIEW: Populism’s attack on democracy
By Jonathan Power THE LONG talked-about referendum in Turkey will happen on April 16th. In effect voters have to decide...
Martinelli false pardons court hearing
EX-PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli has been called to Panama’s Supreme Court for an imputation hearing on May 10 over the 355...
Second quake shakes Chiriqui
A SECOND earthquake in less than 24 hours struck Chiriqui on Monday April 3. The latest tremor in the Volcán,...
AUDITIONS for Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
THE SIXTH annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre presented by the CanadaPLUS Foundation’s amateur drama group will be at the Golden...
5.8 quake in Chiriqui hits 11 homes
AN EARTHQUAKE with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale struck Chiriquí province on Sunday afternoon, April 2, destroying...
US tight lipped on Martinelli extradition
THE US STATE Department has refused to comment on three requests of Transparency International (IT) on the status of Panama’s extradition...
Dentists bring smiles to Hospital del Nino
By Margot Thomas HUNDREDS of government-clinic dentists used to spending long hours hunched over a dental chair carrying on a...
