OPINION: Closing an impunity bolt hole
“As it is, it is not working. It is an organ that costs countries a lot of money to have...
Month: August 2019
Panama’s 500th anniversary $2 million historical gaffe
During the administration of former president Juan Carlos Varela commemorative coins dropped into circulation like confetti without problems, but the...
Conservationists battle to protect turtle eggs from smugglers
Inhabitants of Isla Cañas, in the Tonosí, district are battling to save thousands of turtle eggs that will be planted...
Panama economy 4% growth, foreign investment surging
The Panamanian economy is reflecting a growth of 4%, for 2019 smaller than the 4.5 predicted at the beginning of...
Cover-up trial of priest to follow murderer’ sentencing
Cover-up trial of priest to follow murder's sentencing A seven-person jury, made up of six women and one man, on...
Four murdered in separate Black Friday incidents
A wave of gang-related violence led to the murder of four people including a woman in the Panama metropolitan district...
No tears as onion prices monitored
Staff of Panama’s Consumer Protection Authority (Acodeco) swooped on stallholders in Merca Panama on Friday, August 16 to check that...
Judge slaps fines on prison boss and lawyer in murder trial
Judge of guarantees, Viterbo Quintero, in a high profile murder trial fined the director of La Joya prison, Luis Mendoza,...
Herrera alert as countrywide dengue cases top 1,550
Health authorities in Herrera are on alert for an increase in dengue cases, already at 160 ranking the province second...
Olympic gold medallist will represent athletes in scandal ridden sports body
Panama’s Olympic gold medallist Irving Saladino took on the role of s technical director of the Panamanian Sports Institute (Pandeportes),...
Rising rivers alerts – more bad weather forecast
The Guazarito River in Calovébora, Santa Fe district, in Veraguas, continues rising said a warning notice from the National Civil...
