38% drop in homicides masked by social media
Homicides in Panama have dropped by 38% under the mandate of President Juan Carlos Varela compared to the Ricardo Martinelli...
Month: June 2018
MEDIAWATCH: British spies complicit in US torture
British spies were complicit in the torture of detainees by the US in aftermath of the 9/11 terror attack, a...
OPINION: Opaque bidding process for Canal bridge
The tender for the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal was not a run of the mill affair Actually, it's...
Varela digs in on naming judges
President Juan Carlos Varela made it clear on Friday, June 29 that he will make the decision on the appointment...
Martinelli son loses embezzlement hearing
The Martinelli family got another legal set back last week when a judge denied an attempt to quash an embezzlement...
Anti-drug force warned if tempted leave
The outgoing director of the National Aeronaval Service (Senan). Belsio González who retired Friday after 30 years service warned members...
Gangland killing in Corridor Sur traffic
A man driving a car towards Panama City on the Corridor Sur was shot and killed at Llano Bonito on...
Chinese consortium wins $1.42 billion bid for Canal bridge
The Panama Fourth Bridge Consortium has won the tender for the design and construction of the fourth bridge over the...
Canada Day response to Trump tariffs
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has unveiled the final list of nearly $17 billion in retaliatory tariffs set to...
Jobs for the boys earns mayor 7 years
On the day that Panama’s soccer team lost its final World Cup game to Tunisia in Russia, the mayor of...
Convicted businessman gets 6 months extension to pay $290,000 fine
Convicted businessman Cristóbal Salerno, who claimed that he delivered suitcases of cash to Ricardo Martinelli in the presidential palace has...
One dead seven injured in busito accidents
Daniel Arquímedes Jiménez Ramos, 22, the driver of a minibus was killed when he drove into a hydrant on his...
