OPINION: Panamas urgent need for sex education
In the year 2017, there was a decrease of 386 cases of teenage pregnancies, compared to the previous year. Each...
Month: March 2018
Swiss team brings Panama to earth with 6-0 romp
After a strong performance in a friendly World Cup warm-up match against Denmark when they lost 1-0, and and an...
Assembly buries charges against judges, President.
Following the pattern set by its predecessors, the new Credentials Committee of the National Assembly archived two complaints against...
Worlds most powerful man Panama bound
By Jonathan Power THE PRESENT POPE- Francis- is probably the most powerful man in the world, in the round ....
Bribed transport inspector caught on camera, fired
A Transportation Authority (ATTT) inspector recorded on video while taking a bribe from an errant driver, was identified by the...
TIMING – First lady lauds education, teachers plan protest
ON THE WEEKEND that Panama schoolteachers announced a march to the presidential palace to protest unopened classrooms, deteriorating structures and...
Man detained for suspected rape of child under 11
Preventive detention has been confirmed for a 30-year-old man accused of the alleged rape of a girl under the age of 11,...
Crisis deepens in Panama National Assembly
The deputies of the Credentials, Ethics, Internal Regulation and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National Assembly are preparing to process...
OPINION: President skips country in crisis
Today Panama faces a moment of frustration and indignation at the irresponsible behavior of the organs of the State, each...
Panama awaits Varela signature to Zero Waste bill
PANAMA produces the second largest daily amount of garbage per capita in Latin America and recycles only five percent of...
Hearing begins into jail system corruption
THIRTEEN people have been called to a Monday, March 26 hearing into corruption in Panama’s Penitentiary system. The hearing...
Teachers protest unready schools, education budget
PANAMA schoolteachers and administrators are planning a major demonstration to draw attention o the many schools in the country that...
