Month: July 2018
La Joya Jail party time thwarted
Units of the National Police (PN) have detained 18 suspects who tried to introduce a shipment of alcoholic beverages, knives,...
Task Force Tourist Alert
The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) and the Joint Task Force (FTC) are on standby in tourist areas in Bocas...
Pranks and games of jailed Martinelli
Former president Ricardo Martinelli, dubbed "El Loco" is due back in court on Monday, July 16 for the continuation of his...
Teacher power price hike strike to continue
PUBLIC SCHOOL teachers will go ahead with their nationwide walkout to protest the hike in electricity prices although President Juan...
10 traffic deaths in first half of week
Three accidents in an 11 hour period on Wednesday, July 11, brought highway deaths for the first half of the...
Ex-Finance Minister grilled over alleged $7 million bribes
Panama’s former Finance Minister was interrogated for five hours, on Friday, July 13 by special Anti-corruption prosecutor Zuleyka Moore over...
OPINION: No light in electricity gloom
The increase in the electricity tariff has united the whole nation against the blatant attempt to avoid providing a solution to...
Supreme Court rejects latest Martinelli gambit
After a six-hour discussion, The Plenary of Panama’s Supreme Court unanimously rejected the latest appeal, by former President Ricardo Martinelli...
MEDIAWATCH: Trump blasts host May
LONDON, June 13 PRESIDENT Donald Trump has blasted Theresa May for her handling of Brexit and shot down the chances...
“Toothache latest Martinelli ailment
From a high blood pressure “crisis” on Monday, July 6 to a toothache on Wednesday, ex-president Ricardo Martinelli and his...
