Central American games will cost $338.8 million
The cost of staging the Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama in 2022 originally forecast as $200 million will...
Month: September 2019
Consumer watchdog slaps $80,500 fines on overcharging minisupers
Fines totaling $80,500 were handed out to 44 stores in a three-day blitz by Panama’s Consumer protection authority (Acodeco)...
Ex-Public works official jailed 9 years for Odebrech bribes
Carlos Ho the former head of Special Projects of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), was sentenced on Monday, September...
American breast cancer survivor first to swim English Channel 4 times non-stop
Sarah Thomas a 37-year-old American breast cancer survivor on Tuesday, September 17 became the first person to swim the English...
Former Colón mayor facing domestic violence charges
Federico Policani, the former mayor of Colón, was released from 48 hours of preventive detention at dawn on Monday, September 16...
Appeal against Martinelli ‘not guilty’ ruling
One of the complainants in the wiretapping trial of former President Ricardo Martinell presented on Monday, September 16 support for...
Ex-First Lady among 59 facing $78 million corruption trial
The Sixth Anti-Corruption Prosecutor said at a Monday, September 16, press conference that he is seeking to call 59 people...
HEALTH: Dengue alert ,1,220 cases. 3 deaths
In spite of intensive fumigation campaigns to homes and surrounding areas to eliminate the breeding grounds of the Aedes aegypti...
Trump gives Panamanian highest civilian award
Panamanian pitching legend Mariano Rivera received the Freedom Medal, from President Donald Trump at a White House ceremony on Monday,...
President seeks judges with backbone
At least 100 lawyers are vying for three vacancies in Panama’s Supreme Court including a current judge in the eye...
Panama firefighters attend 28,376 emergencies in 8 months
Panama firefighters were called out 28,376 emergencies until August . Rescues to people involved in car accidents, Africanized bees,...
