WORLD VIEW: Obama role in anti-slavery struggle
By Dr. Aidan McQuade IN 1938 PRESIDENT Franklin Delano Roosevelt effectively ended child labor in the United States by prohibiting...
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Martinelli defense hits rock in court move
ANOTHER ATTEMPT by Ricardo Martinelli defense lawyers to keep their client out of court, ran aground on Tuesday, March 8...
Restrictions looming on Canal usage
CONTINGENCY plans have been drawn up to restrict the draft of ships through the Panama Canal as water levels...
High waves alert
A HIGH WAVES alert lasting through Sunday March 13 was issued Wednesday by Panama’s Civil Protection System (Sinaproc)/ Waves...
First Martinelli Minister on trial Friday
FORMER Minister of Social Development (Mides), Guillermo Ferrufino will be the first Cabinet member of the Martinelli administration to face...
OFF THE CUFF: Odebrecht and cloth ears
CITIZEN’S concerns over Panama’s ongoing relationship with the Odebrecht company have been re-awakened with the jailing of the former CEO...
Varela stays mum on Odebrecht jailing
PRESIDENT VARELA declined to comment Tuesday March 8 on the sentencing of Marcelo Odebrecht, president of the Brazilian construction company...
Panama tax man eyeing vacation apartment rentals
APARTMENT owners in the vacation renting business are in the sights of Panama’s tax collectors. The battle between hotels and vacation rentals...
Copa shares flying high
COPA HOLDINGS shares rose by 41.3%.on the New York Stock Exchange between February 4 and March 5. On Friday, March...
Swift action demanded in Pegasus spy case
HUMAN RIGHTS activists and victims of illegal surveillance are calling for swift legal action to be taken against Ricardo Martinelli...
One dead six injured in twin accidents
AT LEAST five people were injured, three of them seriously in a multi-vehicle pile up at the entrance to Howard...
Odebrecht jailed for 19 years
MARCELO ODEBRECHT, former CEO of the Brazilian construction giant who was feted in Panama by successive governments, and showered with...
