Poultry producers ask Varela to void power price hike
Panama poultry producers have issued a "categorical" and "absolute" refusal to accept the electricity price hike, that has provoked protests for...
Month: July 2018
Electricity protests escalate, teachers call strike
As rising anger over the increase in electricity prices continues to spread through all sectors of Panamanian society from business...
OPINION: A familiar stench in the air
The Minister of Public Works (MOP) finally spoke about the controversial tender for the fourth Panama Canal bridge. This work...
Five dead in weekend accidents
Five people were killed in Panama highway traffic accidents involving speed and drink on the weekend. On the Pan-American Highway, at...
Court rejects Martinelli constitutional ploy
The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ), in extraordinary session on Wednesday, July 11, did not admit an...
Embezzlment hearing for fugitive Martinelli “messenger boy”
A preliminary hearing for Adolfo "Chichi" De Obarrio, former private secretary of ex-President Ricardo Martinelli, and Abraham Wiliams, accused of...
Business, labor, NGOs fight power hike
Universities, business associations, trade unionists, and NGOs are united in Panama, in their disagreement over the increase in the electricity...
OPINION: Paying double for government ineptitude
The increase of approximately 8% in the electricity tariff, for a quarter of Panamanian consumers, has caused widespread annoyance and disgust....
Protests against power price hike block roads
The Transistmica highway was closed on Tuesday, July 10 for over four hours as protestors demonstrated against the recently announced...
Martinelli health card back in play
HOURS after prosecuting magistrate Harry Diaz finished reading the wiretapping indictment against Ricardo Martinelli and called for a 21-year jail...
Second Forensic medical exam for ex-president
Jerónimo Mejía, The Magistrate of Guarantees, in the Ricardo Martinelli illegal wiretapping case suspended the hearing on Tuesday, July 10,...
OPINION: Justice closer to being served
The curtain was finally raised. and fiscal magistrate Harry Díaz had the opportunity to read his accusation in detail, facts,...
