OPINION: Panama’s perverted justice
The Panamanian State is again taken to the bench of the accused in the Inter-American Human Rights System. This time...
Month: July 2019
WORLDVIEW: The Iran nuclear poker game
By Jonathan Power There’s never been a full-scale war between two nuclear-armed states. If Iran one day did cross the...
Witness claims Martinelli threats, asks protection
Rolando López, The former head of Panama's National Security Council (CSN), asked the court for protection on Monday, July 22,...
Two young men killed by hit-and-run drivers in Chiriqui
Sunday. July 21 saw two more people added to the grim toll of Panama highway deaths caused by hit-and-run drivers....
18 injured arrive at hospital with no water, power
Eighteen people, including three children, injured in a transit accident involving a panel bus and a pickup in Penonome on...
Crackdown on bad parking, noisy bars
Noise polluters in commercial establishments who exceed permitted decibel standards and businesses and individuals who block sidewalks and streets will...
New mayor bets on Panama City beaches
Panama’s former Mayor, Jose Isabel Blandon nailed his flag to the upgrading of some of the city’s thoroughfares like Via...
OPINION: Smokescreens Scapegoating Foreigners
THE DISCUSSION on the issue of migration produces a mixture of prejudices, manipulated economic data and a veiled criticism of...
Panama migration bill labeled dangerous racist, xenophobic
Prominent analysts and jurists labeled as the preliminary draft of immigration reform presented by the PRD deputy and first vice...
Baseball legend induction sparks run on lottery ticket
Panamanian Mariano Rivera, the legendary New York Yankees closer was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, in...
Rivera, a foreigner welcomed in the US
Today Panamanians, Americans and many other nationalities celebrate the entry of Panamanian Mariano Rivera into the Baseball Hall of Fame....
