Bringing crooked lawmakers to justice
The request made by Transparency International so that the Public Ministry reopens investigations into the misuse that deputies - and...
Month: August 2019
Week-long tide and flood alert
A week-long maximum tide prevention alert was issued by The Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) on Thursday, August 29. It...
Two deaths at Children’s Hospital linked to respiratory virus
Two of five deaths under investigation at Panama’s Children’s Hospital (Hospital del Nino)have been confirmed as due to the respiratory...
Deputy nixes draft bill regulating journalism
Democratic Change Deputy Mayín Correa has withdrawn a preliminary bill seeking to regulate journalists. The Forum of Journalists for Freedom...
Panama competes for Latin America corruption trophy
Panama not Puerto Rico, the latest victim of President Trump’s bullying tweets is in the running for the title of...
$28 billion in debt,Odebrecht presents restructuring plan
The Odebrecht holding company, $28 billion in debt. Has presented its judicial reorganization plan to the creditors, proposing that they...
New investigation of Attorney General opened
A new ex officio investigation of Panama’s Attorney General, Kenia Porcell was opened last week said The Attorney General of...
Seven move to overturn Martinelli acquittal
Six complainants and a public prosecutor have processes underway to attempt to overturn the acquittal of former president Ricardo Martinelli...
MEDIAWATCH: US pressures Panama on migrant flow through Hell’s Gap
PEÑITAS, Panama Washington Post, Aug, 27— A Panama official thumbed through the soft soiled pages of a ragged Pakistani passport...
Ex-Assembly president remains under cloud as prosecutor wins appeal
First Superior Court of Justice has admitted an appeal filed by the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office on the ruling that...
OPINION: Fundamentalism vs human rights
Fundamentalism has made a stunning appearance in the legislative commission that makes consultations for a constitutional reform. There is, for...
