Meter riot vandals cost $200,000
ACTS of vandalism on Tuesday, November 28 in Cabo Verde, in the center of Panama created damages of about $200,000...
Month: November 2017
First step in Christmas lights fest
PANAMA’S Festival of lights, which will adorn parks and streets will be inaugurated on Friday, December 1, at Francisco Arias...
Environment Ministry firing heading to court
PANAMA’S Environment Ministry, already facing a storm of protests over concerns of developments in protected areas. Is now being hit...
Transit board conflict of interest probe
An investigation of all the members of the Board of Directors of the Transit Authority (ATTT) was initiated on Thursday, November...
Ruling party skips$10 million black money queries
PANAMA’S governing party is facing a backlash from civil society as it continues to avoid explaining multi-million dollar “donations” of...
Suspected multiple killer hearing adjourned
THE COURT hearing to deal with the prison escape of a man accused of murdering five students scheduled for Wednesday,...
Shuffling administration delays kids hospital
THE NEW TESTAMENT message “Suffer little children to come unto me” is alive and well at Panama’s children’s hospital (Hospital...
OPINION: Corruption cloud over Varela government
The battle against corruption in Panama is unprecedented. However, we are immersed in a sea of doubt, uncertainty and distrust....
$88 million for Panama oil-gasstudy
OVER $88 MILLION has been allocated by three companies to carry out geophysical studies to determine the possible existence of oil...
Teen death inquiry after police clashes
A PUBLIC MINISTRY investigation has been opened into the death of an 18-year-old boy who was taken to Santo Tomás...
Darien crash lifts road death total to 373
A HEAD-ON collision between a pickup and a truck on the Pan-American Highway in Darien on Sunday, November 27, killed...
Ex-university rector facing embezzlement probes
THE FORMER Rector of the University of Panama (UP) Gustavo García de Paredes is under criminal investigation in three cases...
