Environmental study for Panama city beaches to boost tourism
An environmental impact study (EIA, for the Panama Bay beaches recovery project which is intended to dramatically change the sea...
Month: November 2019
Colon attackers taped gang rape of tourists
Another two men allegedly involved in the rape of two Norwegian tourists during a robbery aboard a sailing vessel...
Blitz on drunk drivers as 7 die on Panama roads
A hit and run driver behind the wheel of a taxi that killed a pedestrian in the Cochea sector of...
Butt-snatcher under house arrest
The 19-year-old Panamanian who got his kicks outs out of fondling the butts of women in malls, and posting videos...
Colombia latest Latin American country to face massive protests
Colombia will follow Ecuador, Chile, and Bolivia with massive street protests on Thursday, testing the strength of President Iván Duque...
Money launderer wants to swop jail-time for community work
Convicted of money laundering arising from the Odebrecht bribery scandal Raúl de Saint Malo, brother of former vice-president Isabel de...
Tax on sugary drinks to aid health action plan
A law creating an "Action Plan to improve health" became effective on Monday, November and includes a tax on the...
Plea-deal sentence for cafe murder of American
A trial court sentenced Mario Márquez to 28 years in jail and his accomplice Jonathan Rojas to 18 years for...
OPINION: Machismo lives on in Panama
The macho roots of our culture are reflected daily in the treatment that many women receive in the country, a...
Korean consortium wins tender for $2.5 billion Metro Line 3
The Korean HPH consortium won the tender for the construction of Line 3 of the Panama Metro, which will...
Panama’s $78.3 million barrel of rotten apples
A two-year investigation by the Sixth Anti-Corruption Prosecutor in the Blue Apple case uncovered a corruption scheme that included a...
Lawyer facing 2nd double homicide charge stays behind bars
The provisional detention measure for a 42-year-old lawyer, Zoraida Saucedo, involved in a case of double homicide in the...
