Varela moves to fire errant Canal directors
A CALL from the director of Panama’s Transparency and Access to Information body (Antai) for the removal of two delinquent directors...
Year: 2018
Bloody March: Most killings in 15 years
The month of March was listed as the bloodiest in 15 years with 43 murders in the most violent provinces:...
Auditors at Assembly to check ballooning contracts
Auditors from the Comptroller General’s office arrived at the National Assembly on Monday, April 2 to begin the audit of...
Canal board member faces money laundering probe
Accompanied by his lawyer, Henri Mizrachi, a member of the board of directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), responded ...
Panama Globe-trotting President Under Fire
PANAMA PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela is facing increasing criticism as he continues his globe-hopping trips on the presidential jet while...
OPINION: Panamas tolerance of corruption
The numbers are quite eloquent. The government spends too much on its operation, the biggest part destined to pay payroll. Given...
President slow to act on fugitive Canal board member
PANAMA President Juan Carlos Varela appears to be avoiding the issue of a fugitive member of the Board of Directors...
No Joke for April Fools
The occupants of a vehicle, on the beach at Playa Blanca who had ignored warnings of exceptionally high tides got...
Countdown clock for Panama World Youth Day
THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK to the celebration of the World Youth Day (WYD), in Panama from January 22 to 27, 2019...
Lane reversals for 45,000 returning vehicles
Traffic lanes were reversed on highways leading to Panama City on Sunday, April 1 to accommodate some 45,000 vehicles returning...
Panama wiretapping case stalled over 2 years
SUNDAY, April 1 marked the passing of two years and seven months since the investigations were concluded into the illegal...
18 Venezuelan women migrants murdered in one year
Rosamar López, a migrant working in Panama, who was found murdered along with a companion in Las Uvas de San...
