Panama makes Guinness records book with giant patacon
Panama ataggered into the Guinness book of records on Wednesday, October 16, with the world’s largest patacón prepared and baked...
Month: October 2019
Day of mourning mooted to mark US invasion of Panama
A draft bill, to raise national awareness of the US invasion of Panama on December 20, 1989 has been published...
Crooked cop arrested in undercover sting
A National Police sergeant in the Police Intelligence Directorate accused of extortion was arrested on Monday October 14 after an...
After glitches Metro signs $7.3 million train maintenance contract
After a series of incidents leading to the closing of stations and reduction of service on Line 1 of...
62% of Panamanians feel insecure as distrust of authorities climbs
Some 62 percent of the Panama population feels insecure according to the 6th survey of victimization and perception of citizen...
System failure in"The other Panama” girls investigation
Doctors and organizations that defend the rights of women and have joined the growing outcry against the refusal pf a...
Netflix faces $15 billion lawsuit over Panama Papers movie
Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca, the founders of the Panama law firm that creamed multi-millions from businessmen, politicians, sportsmen and...
Panamanians least satisfied with democracy
Panamanians are the least satisfied with democracy of the 20 countries in Latin America included in the "Barometer of the...
Lawmaker calls for resignation of “political “ombudsman
The independent deputy Juan Diego Vásquez, has called for the resignation of Maribel Coco, Panama’s interim Ombudsman. He made the ...
"Trial and error" revitalization project ready in March
After a tour of the $26 million and counting Calle Uruguay “revitalization”. Panama mayor José Luis Fábrega, said on Tuesday...
ENVIRONMENT: Bill aims to reduce single use plasics
A National Assembly Subcommittee on Population, Environment and Development is meeting to analyze a draft bill to regulate the reduction...
New rulea would shrink lawmakers’ cookie jars
Lawmakers who do not comply with transparency rules could l be hit with heavy fines, and they will lose a...
