10 meter waves spark no bathing alert
PANAMA’S National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) issued a “ no bathing” alert for beaches on the Pacific Coast because of sea...
Month: August 2017
American killer Wild Bill jailed for 47 years
AMERICAN killer William Dathan Holbert, aka “Wild Bill”, has been sentenced to 47 years and one month in jail for...
No sex-ed action with schoolgirl pregnancies at 27 daily
PREGNANCIES Among Panamanian school girls aged 10 to 19 have been running at an average oof over27 a day with 1,782...
Conjunctivitis epidemic mushrooms to 25,557
Conjunctivitis epidemic mushrooms to 25,557 PANAMA’S conjunctivitis epidemic has mushroomed to 25,557 cases and climbing since it was declared on...
Laggard justices could aid corruption impunity
MANY of the corruption cases involving previously prominent establishment figures who have plundered the country’s wealth are stuck in Panama’s...
More properties of Martinellis secretary seized
TWO HOUSES belonging to the fugitive former private secretary of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, and his mother have been seized, by...
Trio of accidents on Bridge of Americas
THE THIRD accident in three days on the Bridge of the Americas, each time blocking traffic in both directions, took...
OPINION: bad lawyers, complicit judges
THE ROLE of the Judiciary is crucial in the fight against corruption and the application of sanctions when infringements are...
Panama’s high flying transparency boss
Angélica Maytín, director of the National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information (ANTAI) is the government official who has...
Imported malaria detected in Herrera
Health authorities in Herrera Province are stepping up epidemiological surveillance after detection of the first case of imported malaria. The...
Panama opens parking lot beneath public park
PANAMA’S first public underground parking lot, located beneath what will become a recreational green space was officially opened on Saturday,...
Colombia yogurt pulled from store shelves
PANAMA’S Food Safety Authority (AUPSA) swooped on a bakery in Betania in the country’s capital on Friday, August 11 and confiscated...
