Panama moving into top group for AIDs treatment
PANAMA is close to providing universal coverage of AIDs sufferers receiving antiretroviral treatment says a report published on World AIDS...
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Pilots pledge to defend Canal Authority against attacks
THE PANAMA Canal Pilot’s union says that it will defend the institutions of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP ) against...
Civil groups marginalized at corruption conference
The Fifth UN Conference of concluded in Panama of Friday November 30 yesterday with a protest by international civil society...
Martinelli declares war on graffiti
ONE WEEK after the artistic movement , 'The Kolectivo' protested against the removal of murals on Avenida Des Martires President...
Visitor editor falls to death at Thanksgiving celebration
JACOB ERHLER, the gregarious and well liked editor of the Visitor/Visitante, died in a fall from the 30th floor of...
North Korea will pay fine for arms-runner ship
NORTH KOREAN authorities will take possession of the ship detained in July with Cuban weapons on board within 15 days....
Black Friday packs malls empties roads
WHILE entrances to shopping malls were clogged and parking lots overflowing, the streets of Panama were for long periods a...
Lawyers sign electoral ethics pact
THE ELECTORAL ethics pact developed by the Catholic Church has been signed by the National Bar Association. During the signing,...
‘Bad cops’ in latest shooting incident face dismissal
A FOURTH incident involving security services firing has drawn condemnation from within and a recommendation for the dismissal of those...
Secret contract leads to $23 million no bid deals
AFTER signing a "secret" $2.3 million contract offering secretarial with a company linked to the lawyer Francisco ‘Frankie' Martinelli, that...
Martinelli cousin linked to secret $2.3 million contract
FRANKIE FRANCISCO MARTINELLI a lawyer cousin of President Ricardo Martinelli is reported to be behind a company that signed a...
Timing of public servant wage increase questioned
The announcement by President Ricardo Martinelli of a wage increase for civil servants, six months ahead of the election has...
