$250,000 “laundering” gold bars seized
Two gold bars of 6 and 7 pounds valued at $250,000 have been confiscated in the Guna Yala region, when...
Month: November 2019
Minisupers head list of price control offenders
Mini-supermarkets continue to head the list of retail businesses failing to comply with price control measures. Of the 539 stores...
Varela leaks show outgoing president pushed insider contracts
Three companies implicated in the “Blue Apple” bribery scandal got a helping hand from former president Juan Carloc Varela who...
Pirates attack yacht rape foreigners in Colon
Eight armed men attacked and robbed the Alibaba yacht and raped two young Norwegian women crew members, in Nombe Dios...
OPINION: Panama’s wall of inequality and corruption
THIRTY years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a shameful barrier to human freedom, the spirits of separation, marginalization,...
Constitutional changes will not include marriage definition
The constitutional definition of marriage in Panama will not change to “that the union must be only between a...
197 city families receive aid after weekend flooding
The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc), delivered aid on Sunday, November 10 to 197 families affected by flooding after heavy...
Lawmaker challenges cop to fight after rowdy party
Controversial PRD lawmaker Jairo 'Bolota' Salazar who made headlines across the country when he refused to allow members of the...
Fourth bridge may not carry Metro line 3
The Government is evaluating the possibility of modifying plans for the $1.5 billion fourth bridge over the Panama Canal and...
OPINION: New leaks show all at risk
The Varelaleaks have once again confronted two pillars of our democratic society: the right to privacy and the right to...
Attorney General will face the nation Tuesday on wiretap leaks
Panama’s Attorney General , Kenia Porcell will face the country on Tuesday, November 12 said President Laurentino Cortizo on Sunday,...
OPINION: The payback of “innocence”
There are three people who made history this year ... and continue to make it: the "judges" Roberto Tejeira ,...
