Homes flooded as high tide alert reinforced
Numerous homes were flooded in Boca de Parita, corregimiento of Monagrillo, Chitré, following heavy rains that fall on Sunday, September...
Month: September 2019
Police hunt as Boquete hit and run death pushes road carnage to 202
A pedestrian was killed by a hit and run driver, in Dolega, in front of the towers of Radio Chiriquí...
Three Asians in detention following slave trade bust
Three merchants of Asian origin are in preventive detention for alleged links to a crime against humanity in the form...
Security Minster delays Assembly appearance as crime rate expands
Panama’s embattled Public Security Minister Rolando Mirones will not respond to a summons to attend the National Assembly on Monday,...
59 heading for trial in $78,3 construction bribery scam
The anti-corruption prosecutor has asked the Fiscal Court to call to trial r 59 suspects involved in the Blue Apple...
US whistleblower seeks asylum in France
US Whistleblower Edward Snowden, a refugee in Russia after denouncing mass surveillance by the United States, says he would like...
Hospital City a 7-year $500 million boondoggle
IN MAY 2012, construction of the so-called Hospital City began a $500 million project promoted by the Social Security Fund...
Protesters close bridge over river in Bocas for three days
Indigenous protesters closed the bridge over the Changuinola River, in of Bocas del Toro, for te third day on Friday,...
ENVIRONMENT: Canal Authority reforests 129 hectares
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has reforested 65 hectares were reforested in the Azuero region (Los Pozos and Macaracas) as...
Judge in eye of alleged corruption probe seeks re-election
A judge in the eye of a storm over alleged access to magistrates is among some 97 candidates seeking a...
