Former Colombian spy boss gets a breather
THE TUG-OF WAR over asylum granted to former Colombian Security Director María del Pilar Hurtado took another turn on Monday...
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CDs last Cabinet meeting
PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli’s last Cabinet Council meeting was held Tuesday, June 24 in the Palacio de las Garzas a week before...
DNA tests confirms identity of second missing Dutch tourist
FORENSIC tests performed at Panama’s Medicine and Forensic SciencesInstitue have confirmed that remains found in Bocas del Toro matched the...
Medical guild will avoid Martinelli trap on eve of new government
The National Medical Negotiating Commission (Comenenal), has not ruled out strike action to protest the firing of its leader, Fernando...
Martinelli planning to issue pardons
SOME of Panama’s malefactors will sleep easier after June 30 as President Ricardo Martinelli confirmed Monday, June 23, that he...
Dutch girl tourists disappearance now labeled crime
THE CASE of the two Dutch tourists who went missing on April 1 is now being treated as "crime against...
$725,000 award said blow to freedom of expression
IN WHAT has been condemned as a “blow to the freedom of expression” five Panama journalists, the daily publications La...
Tourist arrivals from Europe up 20%
WHILE overall tourist visitsto Panama declined In the first four months of the year visits by Europeans climbed 20%. There...
Medical turmoil looming over doctors firing
THE MARTINELLI government’s troubled relationship with the medical profession which has led to strikes of doctors, nurses, technicians and support...
Decision time: Panama a victim in bribery scandal?
PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli has until Friday, June 27 to make one of the major decisions of his term in office....
DNA tests show remains in Bocas del Toro are of missing girls
DNA TESTS on the skeletal remains found in Bocas Del Toro show that they belong to one of the two...
Panameista Party seeking 3-year “governance” alliance
THE PANAMEÑISTA Party has proposed a "governance" alliance with the PRD in the National Assembly of at least three years,...
