Martinelli era radar scandal contract suspended
Martinelli era radar scandal contract suspended PANAMA has suspended the $125 million contract to install 19 radars acquired from to...
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OFF THE CUFF: Ex security boss on flak receiving end
FORMER MINISTER of Public Security Jose Raul Mulino, while in office, liked to flaunt the fire power of security forces...
Tourism spending in Panama up 6.3%
IN THE FIRST five months of 2013, tourists in Panama spent $1.5 billion, representing an increase of $90.5 million (6.3...
Mystery of missing ex-spy boss
FORMER Colombian Security Director Marí¬a del Pilar Hurtado has not left Panama legally, said Immigration Director Javier Carrillo on Monday,...
Early photos of dead girls show them smiling and happy
PHOTOGRAPHS of the two young Dutch tourists Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers, who died while hiking between Chiriquí and Bocas...
Panamas 2014 growth to top Latin America
PANAMA will have the fastest growing economy in Latin America, according to the latest projection of the Economic Commission for...
U.S. botanists find new plant species in Colon
A NEW PLANT species has been discovered in Donoso, Colon, by a team of American botanists. The species is of...
More bones found in missing tourists search
MORE SKELETAL remains that may be related to two young Dutch women tourists have been found near the Culubre River...
The new face of Panama Tourism
THINGS are changing fast at Panama’s Tourism Authority(ATP), which finally has someone at the helm with some knowledge of the...
Police blitz pirate bus drivers
NATIONAL POLICE carried out a blitz on pirate buses on Saturday August 1, handing out 403 citations to drivers who...
Marking 160 years of China in Panama
CHINESE people have a long history in Panama and throughout Latin America. Their contribution to life on the Isthmus will...
2009 backpacker disappearance similar to recent tragedy
WHILE the weather-delayed search for clues to the death of two Dutch young women tourists in Boquete the family of...
