Year: 2018
OPINION: Silencing the independent voices
In a robust democracy, the independent candidates would be sharing their ideas and deliberating on the great national problems to...
Increased airport security for WYD
SECURITY at Tocumen International Airport will be stepped up for World Youth Day (WYD) 2019 with the installation of smart...
Pirate bus numbers shrinking, but solution is long term
The number of Panama’s “pirate” buses characterized by high speed, loud music, multiple accidents, overcrowding, and fares double that of...
MEDIAWATCH: Fake crises overshadow the real ones
President Trump has spent the past few weeks grandstanding over a crisis that seems to exist only in the heads...
Panamas scandalous judicial record knocked by world watchdog
The lack of will and resources for the implementation of the judicial career are two of the “scandalous” factors that...
Police hunt for two suspects in young womans death
POLICE are looking for two suspects in the murder of Leticia Lalyre Serracín, 29, a native of Chiriqui whose naked...
Time to bring Saudi Arabia to heel
By Jonathan Power How can Saudi Arabia be brought low? If the King won’t remove from power his 33 old...
OPINION: Jail time for bribery beneficiaries
The role of financial intermediaries is key in money laundering arising from acts of corruption. The Brazilian construction company Norberto...
Panama’s ex-president heads to trial facing potential 21-year sentence
Jerónimo Mejía, the Judge of Guarantees in the initial hearing of wiretapping charges against former President Ricardo Martinelli on Monday set...
Most of Panama City without water December 1
Much of Panama City will be without water on Saturday, December 1 says Panama’s water authority (IDAAN) ) The Federico...