35,000 student failure rate alarming
THE FAILURE rate of Panama students, about 35,000 or five percent of the 700,000 students in the country, each year,...
NEWS
OFF THE CUFF: Gambling splash would pay for Metro Line 2
MONEY spent on gambling in Panama in the first 10 months of the year was enough to pay for Metro...
Canal authority ready to take over expansion project
AS PATIENCE wears thin with the consortium responsible for the construction of the third set of locks Panama Canal Authority...
Supreme Court lacks funding for true indpendence
PANAMA’S SUPREME COURT will not have true independence unless it has the funds needed to implement its programs and projects...
WORLD VIEW : Bloody headlines hide good news
By Jonathan Power WE HAVE much to be glum about as we come to the end of 2015- the latest is...
Martinelli habeas corpus hearing drags on
PANAMA’S SUPREME Court justices met for almost three hours on Monday, December 28 without reaching a decision on the writ...
Election eve media muzzle rejected
PANAMA’S Commission for Electoral Reforms has unanimously Monday rejected a proposal that would limit the ability of media to report...
Cruise ship aground at Coiba heads for Balboa
A CRUISE ship that ran aground near Coiba Island on December 22 was moved to the Port of Balboa on...
Panama grey listing a threat to financial sector
PANAMA’S INCLUSION on a grey list by the Financial Action Group is “a threat to the financial sector” says Minister...
OFF THE CUFF: US lawyers polish plans to block Martinelli extradition
AS PANAMA’S Supreme Court judges readied themselves on Monday, December 28,to deal with yet another stalling move by a battery...
Summit Park getting major facelift
SUMMIT Municipal Park, in Ancón, is to get a $300,000 face lift starting in January the beginning of a master...
Trial looming. in $31 million irrigation scam
FIFTEEEN months after the start of a criminal investigation into a failed irrigation system in Tonosi, for which $31 million was ...
