Protests grow over rule by decree
The arrest of young people who partially closed Calle 50 on Thursday, August 13 not only represented indications of the...
Month: August 2020
OPINION: Accountability or police state?
Civil protests and spontaneous demonstrations of discontent and dissatisfaction with the government's performance in health and economic matters are...
Life returns to Tocumen with 18 flights
Tocumen International Airport which has been in ICU since March, began to show signs of life with 1,000 transit passengers...
Panama and US sign money laundering task force agreement
Panama and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday, August 14 to create a working team both...
Money launderer swops 5-years jail for once a week office job
The Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office is appealing the ruling of a compliance judge that converted a five-year prison term for money...
A refuge that became a children’s hell hole
A report dealing with what are described as terrifying stories of alleged abuse of children and adolescents allegedly abused at...
OPINION Panama's dark “guardianship” scandal
French Philosopher Michel Foucault criticized disciplinary institutions for being mechanisms to impose order at the end of punishment, fear, and...
Lockdown flouting city mayor hit with $5,000 fine
After being caught on a Coronado beach during total weekend lockdown Panama City Mayor, José Luis Fábrega, has been fined...
Pompeo tightens screws on Cuba, Panama seeks doctors
The United States will suspend private flights to Cuba, hardening its offensive to weigh down Havana's sources of foreign...
Doctors demand meeting with Cortizo to present “real” picture
Panama’s medical associations have united in calling for a meeting with President, Laurentino Cortizo, to let him know him "first-hand"...
Cabinet Minister contracts COVID-19
Ramón Martínez, head of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MICI) has tested positive for COVID-19. "Thank God I have...
Virus infections unabated in August
While the government has announced the first cautious steps to re-opening the economy paralyzed by the coronavirus pandemic. the rate...
