New homes for over 300 families
THURSDAY, May 18, was good news day for over 300 families in Cocle Province as President Juan Carlos Varela, handed...
Month: May 2017
OFF THE CUFF: $17,420 hand out to security boss
Panama’s presidential discretionary fund has coughed up large sums of money for leading figures in government posts, who apparently don’t...
OPINION: Special treatment and justice delayed
Hoyporhoy La Prensa May 18 FOR 20 MONTHS, no hearing has been held in the two criminal cases that follow...
Woman gunned down in hospital lobby
A WOMAN was shot and killed at noon on Thursday, May 18, in the lobby of the Punta Pacifica Hospital....
Martinelli cousin faces money laundering complaint
A CRIMINAL complaint of alleged money laundering and influence peddling against a cousin of ex president Ricardo Martinelli was filed...
30- year-old policeman becomes 178th traffic death
A 30-YEAR-OLD motor cyclist Denis Avilés, died Monday night, May 15 at the Rafael Hernández Regional Hospital in David after...
Panama pressured to hide sensitive Odebrecht info
THE BRAZILIAN construction company Odebrecht exerted pressure in Panama to prevent sensitive information requested by Lava Jato prosecutors from being...
Complaints against Varela and judges rejected
COMPLAINTS filed against President Juan Carlos Varela and six Supreme Court judges were rejected by the National Assembly Credentials Commission...
One dead, six injured by killer bees
AFRICAN killer bees claimed the life of one person and badly stung six others in Los Santos on Monday and...
Dairy farmers hit by milk substitute imports
DAIRY FARMERS in Panama are being hard hit by the importation of milk substitutes Nestlé Panama will stop buying grade...
Lawyer for jailed judge files complaint against deputies
A CRIMINAL complaint has been filed against two deputies over alleged delays in a hearing requested on behalf of jailed...
WORLD VIEW: A messy green divorce
Almost a year ago, voters in Britain opted to leave the European Union. Now, as Brexit negotiations begin to heat...
