Panamas rising prostitution pressures health center
CLANDESTINE PROSTITUTION in Panama city is on the rise and in one health clinic, in Santa Ana 10 new women...
Month: August 2017
Green Convention Center initiative
CHIRIQUI’S tourism industry saw the start of a major shot in the arm with the groundbreaking ceremony for a Green...
Panama teachers clash with police in Chiriqui
REPRESENTATIVES of teachers organizations from Panama City and across the country clashed with riot police in Chiriqui on Monday, August...
Traffic death toll hits 263
A PEDESTRIAN who decided to ignore a walkover bridge and take the easy route across a highway and a...
Police officer honored for life risking rescue
A POLICE officer who risked his life to rescue a nine-year-old boy trapped in a 25-meter deep sewer in Dos Rios,...
13-year-old one of two dead in robbery shoot out
A SHOOT OUT during an attempted robbery in a Pueblo Nuevo cantina left two dead, including a 13-year-old robber, and...
Panama sexual crimes hit 2,795 in six months
REPORTED sexual crimes in Panama in the first six months of the year totaled 2,795 including 1,189 rapes according to...
Prosecutor back from Brazil with Odebrecht files
DOCUMENTS related to the Odebrecht scandal delivered to anti-corruption prosecutor Zuleyka Moore by Brazilian authorities are being translated at The...
OPINION: Right to know overrides oblivion
Hoyporhoy La Prensa August 6 THERE have already been several who have demanded before local and international courts to have...
Human trafficker exchanges Panama Sunshine by Park for jail cell
A CONVICTION for human trafficking has moved a Colombian resident from her “Sunshine By The Park” business in Panama City,...
Panama 5.6% growth projection leads region
PANAMA continues to lead the region in growth projections with The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),...
EXTRADITION: Martinelli lawyers try to block witness statement
DEFENSE lawyers for fugitive former president Ricardo Martinelli who has been behind bars in Miami since June 12, continue to...
