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President talks health, students protest research cuts
Patients of Panamas’s Social Security system, (CSS) joined demonstrating students, on Transismica on Thursday, Sep. 27. The students were protesting budget cuts to...
Martinelli flaunts party flag at wiretap hearing
EX-PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli continued to use a Supreme Court indictment hearing to flaunt his attempt to be nominated as a...
154 car-owner complaints totaling $2.6 million
The Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition Authority (Acodeco), has received 154 complaints totaling $2.6 million from car owners so...
Fare challenge as Metro Line 2 near completion
PANAMA’S Metro Line 2 is 85%\complete as the reigning administration pushes for it to be at least partially operational in...
Martinellis political courtroom charade
UNDETERRED by the possibility that if found guilty of illegal wiretapping and embezzlement charges, he could be facing a 21-year jail...
Varela gets thumbs down for UN gaff
PANAMA President Juan Carlos Varela has taken a hammering in local media and on social networks after his speech at ...
Battle lines drawn in Deputies contract scam
Profligate lawmakers in the National Assembly continue to rail at the Executive over their slashed budgets including the millions for contracts and...
Mining giant reacts to Panama court ruling
Minera Panama, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals Ltd, understands that the recent decision of the Supreme Court over a...
American serial killer to wed in Panama jail
American serial killer ”Wild Bill” William Dathan Holbert serving a 47 years sentence in a Panama jail for the murder of...
Women file police abuse complaint
Two women have filed a complaint with the Public Ministry against the National Police alleging abuse of authority, injuries...
Marriott replaces Trump on Panama skyline
The former Trump hotel in Panama which has had a troubled history before and since it was officially opened by...
MEDIAWATCH:Worlds biggest universal health care experiment
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has launched the world’s biggest universal health care experiment which will grant half a billion...