Elected official flaunts ban on State vehicles for Carnival partying
An elected representative of a communal board was one of 43 drivers slapped with a fine for unauthorized use of...
Month: February 2020
Corruption probe moves closer to Martinelli fugitive sons
Maya Cikuler Spiller, a 46-year-old accountant, was arrested in Uruguay on Thursday, Feb. 20 on an Interpol warrant initiated...
Trump put down after mocking Academy Awards
President Donald Trump got a quick put down after a rally in Colorado Springs on Thursday, February 20 after he...
5 tons of coke seized in Bocas, capo caught in Chepo
On Wednesday, February 19 the National Police arrested, in Chepo Manuel Camilo Rentería Lemus the alleged “capo” of the Colombian...
Ex-lawmaker gets preventive detention in money laundering probe
The Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor yesterday ordered the arrest and provisional detention of former Panamenista deputy and lawyer Jorge Alberto Rosas...
Cinta Costera closed for Carnival jinks
Panama’s Cinta Costera totally closed at noon on Friday, Feb 21 to February 26 The partying in the capital start...
No police clampdown on carnival dress as morality and virus debate heats up
Police Chief Jorge Miranda said Wednesday , Feb. 19 that there will be no clampdown on what people wear at...
Carnival green alert for hospital services
The Social Security Fund (CSS) declared a “green alert” before the start of the Carnival celebrations from noon on Friday,...
Stopover Panama” program attracts 49,000 with US next target
Panama’s “Stopover” campaign has attracted 49,000 reservations since ir was introduced in October 2019 with transit passengers staying in...
OPINION: Intimidation of Panamanian democracy
There is a strategy to intimidate judges, prosecutors, and any official who dares to act on the criminal causes of...
MEDIAWATCH: Former ambassador remains on Odebrecht interrogation hot seat
Panama’s former ambassador to South Korea Jaime Lasso , remains the target of investigations by the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor,...
Alleged Colombian Clan leader held in Panama
Manuel Camilo Rentería Lemus, alleged leader of the criminal organization Clan del Golfo, one of Colombia’s most powerful criminal organizations...
