Month: August 2019
Health Ministry confirms three dengue deaths
Dengue has killed three people so far this year, in Panama and there are 1,500 confirmed cases across the country...
Four injured as taxi slams 911 ambulance
Four people were injured when a taxi slammed into the back of a Sume 911 ambulance he was tailing on...
Acquitted ex-president;s victory lap as Supreme Court judge voices “disgust”
Ec president Ricardo Martinelli did a series of victory laps through Panama shopping malls accompanied by bodyguards and a group...
Unions plan to protest wiretap “show trial”
Panama’s National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (Frenadeso) has called for a demonstration at the...
Assembly misspending “peanuts” says fingered lawmaker
The unveiling by Panama’s Comptroller of multi-millions of dollars misused by members of Panama’s legislature was described as “peanuts”...
OPINION: Wiretap ruling- cancer of impunity
Upon hearing the dishonorable ruling, a mob in the vicinity of Plaza Ágora cornered prosecutors, journalists and wiretap victims. This...
Panama needs judges brave in the face of corruption – Transparency International
The Foundation for the Development of Citizen Freedom , the Panama chapter of Transparency International (TI) , said Friday that...
Panama hotels offer fifth night free to mark 500th anniversary
The Panama Hotel Association (Apatel) has launched a “Fifth night free,” promotion, to celebrate the 500 years of the founding...
No extension to investigate 82 prominent bribery recipients confirmed
The anti-corruption prosecutor Tania Sterling confirmed on Friday, August 9 that the Public Ministry now have in their hands the...
Deputy said abusing immunity with “falsehoods and ravings”
Controversial lawmaker Zulay Rodriquez has been accused of hiding behind her parliamentary immunity to insult and denigrate the administrator of...
