2,397 cops investigated so far this year
INVESTIGATIONS of police officers in 2016 totaled 2,397 and include cases related to drug trafficking, homicide ,and gangs, says...
Month: December 2016
OPINION: Education the key to freedom
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, Dec 13 ON MONDAY women prison inmates dressed in toga and mortar, received their university degrees in...
Martinelli bound ex-minister stopped at airport
ALMA CORTÉS, a former Minister of Labor and official with the CD party, who is under investigation for unjustified enrichment...
Panama media group fights for survival
EDUARDO QUIRÓS President of Grupo Editorial El Siglo y La Estrella (GESE), with barely three weeks left in the media...
Martinelli meets with CD dissident in Miami
EX-PRESIDENT of Panama but still leader of Democratic Change (CD), Ricardo Martinelli, has met in Miami with Romulo Roux, who...
WORLD VIEW: Trump pokes China in the eye
By Jonathan Power PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump has decided to poke China in the eye. He has phoned the president of...
Speculators ruled out for Tocumen airport free zone
CONSTRUCTION of the Tocumen Airport free zone will begin in eight months but the project has already created international and...
US rape suspect caught in Panama
AN AMERICAN citizen who is wanted by the US Embassy to face rape charges in the United States was arrested...
TV host in fatal accident asks respect, consideration
A PANAMANIAN singer and television presenter who was arrested after an accident that lead to the death of a 64...
Fourth bridge project bid talks begin
MEETINGS are under way between the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) and the companies that have been prequalified to bid...
Third lane on Centenario approved.
THE CONSTRUCTION a third lane on the Via Centenario in both directions has been approved by the Ministry of Public...
Unofficial official acts as government negotiator in $100 million deal
A PROPOSAL to allow multinational Del Monte that will allow it to control banana production in Baru, Chiriqui, for seven...
