Zika cases reach 65, one in Tocumen
THE NUMBER of reported cases of Zika virus in Panama jumped from 53 to 65 on Thursday, February 18, and...
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Increased education budget but system failing
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE on education in Panama climbs every year, but the results in the quality of teaching, graduation rates and post ...
Backup power failure closes Albrook airport
A GENERATOR that was supposed to provide backup electrical power to the Marcos A. Gelabert Airport in Albrook failed to...
Panama companies shut out of government contracts
PANAMANIAN companies are shut out of large scale government projects due to the size of the contracts says Panamanian Society...
Panama exits money laundering grey list
PANAMA has been removed from the “grey list” of the Financial Action Group of the OECD meeting in Paris. The...
Political persecution hospitalizes Martinelli
EX PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli is recovering from minor heart surgery in a Miami hospital necessitated because of “political persecution” according...
Gasoline prices down 50% since 2014
THE PRICE of gasoline in Panama has fallen 50% since 2014, but may soon be bottoming out as the price...
St Valentine’s Day baby snatchers behind bars
A WOMAN and her cousin, the key suspects in the Valentine’s Day kidnapping of a two-day old babyfrom San Miguel...
US Ambassador calls for level playing field for contracts
FRESH FROM presenting his credentials to President Juan Carlos Varela the new US Ambassador to Panama John Feeley told journalists...
Chief magistrate in eye of a fresh storm
REPRESENTATIVES Of civil society and lawyers warn that the increasingly isolated president of the Supreme Court Jose Ayu Prado, could...
Paitilla residents take development fight to Supreme Court
PAITILLA RESIDENTS don’t give up easily in their ongoing battles with authorities and what they see as out of control development,,...
OFF THE CUFF: National Assembly carnival hangover
National ASSEMBLY deputies were lampooned this week for being asleep at, or missing from, their posts after a week off,...
