OPINION: Toying with Panama justice
This week the judicial drama of the former president of the Republic Ricardo Martinelli is multiplied by three. While Plaza...
Month: April 2019
Martinelli’s bid to exit jail rejected
Ex-president Ricardo Martinelli after again playing his near-death health card as he plans to run in a stressful election failed...
Joint team drug seizure from semi-submersible
In a combined operation between the authorities of Panama and Colombia, with the support of the United States, 920 packages...
Roma star gets key to Panama
Yalitza Aparicio the star the multiple award-winning film Roma, who was the first indigenous actor to be nominated for an...
American jailed in pedophilia/rape probe
An American in his early forties is in preventive detention in Boquete charged with rape, aggravated libidinous acts and...
Crime probes hang over 16 election candidates
At least 16 candidates for a seat in the National Assembly are under investigation by the Public Ministry or have...
After 6 years blight remains
Six years have passed since the approval of the order to remove the overhead cables which disfigure Panama’s banking area but the...
OPINION: Democracy threatened in electoral snafu
The current electoral campaign, although shorter than the previous ones, has not stopped being the same as of all the...
Taboga Mayor island deal hits rough water
A deal signed by the Mayor of Taboga allowing an oil terminal on Isla Bona in the Gulf of...
Prosecution witness in Martinelli trial on-line blunder
Prose A key prosecution witness in the trial of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli blundered into the headlines after advocating Martinelli as...
Car crash kills 2, bus crash injures 3traffic deaths
Two men , the driver aged 33 and the passenger 21 were killed on Sunday, April 7 when their car...
Panama filmmakers spotlight corruption, poverty, division
Prior to the launch of IFF Panama in 2012, Panama’s film production was virtually non-existent. With the aid of...
