OPINION – When leaders abandon morality
The model adopted by the Government to prevent the spread of the pandemic may have been effective at first, but...
Month: August 2020
Panama city opens community garden to assist elderly
Panama’s first community garden intended to help older citizens has been opened in the capital in the midst of the...
No mask, lockdown flouting mayor faces criminal complaint
A criminal complaint against Panama Mayor José Luis Fábrega for violating the total weekend lockdown decreed by the Covid-19 crisis...
A double bladed threat to democracy
The following letter signed by dozens of university professors political commentators, authors, and journalists published in Harper’s Magazine will carry...
Panama Mayor fined after flouting quarantine rules
Panama, Mayor José Luis Fábrega, was hit with two fines on Saturday, August 1 after photos of him on a...
Panama Heading to Social Catastrophe
In the offices of the Ministry of Labor there are thousands of complaints against employers who, taking advantage of the...
International judges choose Panama’s new king of geisha
The annual Best of Panama tasting has produced a new king of Geisha coffee which last year was auctioned for...
Health Ministry extends construction shutdown
Panama’s construction industry will remain shut down until Monday, August 10, according to an Executive Decree published Friday, July 31....
Court flips ruling, jails Colón Capo 25 years
The Second Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court has reversed a, 2019 judgment, issued by the Second Court of Justice,...
Cruise industry crisis threatens Panama
The cruise industry is devastated worldwide and with the Pullmantur shipping company scrapping at least two of its vessels a...
Panama opens humanitarian window at Tocumen International
The Panama Government has authorized a controlled operations center for the interconnection of international commercial flights. It will allow -...
Parlacen nixes escape route for Martinelli fugitives
Deputies of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) , in a session that lasted more than seven hours, voted overwhelmingly on ...
