Ex-president Martinelli moves to muzzle media coverage
Former President Ricardo Martinelli owner of his own media conglomerate and facing along with his son multiple criminal investigations has...
Month: September 2020
Frontline covid-19 nurses lack protective equiment
Constant protests by frontline nurses and regular appeals for protective equipment (PPE) to face the COVID-19 pandemic,go largely unheeded and...
Construction projects restart after 6 months hiatus
Construction projects will restart in Panama, from Monday, September 7 under controlled conditions to guarantee a healthy return meanwhile traffic...
Sex-ed on backburner as child pregnancies near 61,000
While religious groups continue to battle sex education in schools At least 30% of all pregnancies in Panama are adolescents.,...
Trump Wants Fox News Reporter Fired
US President Donald Trump wants Fox News, which is viewed by any as own his propaganda outlet, to fire its...
31 arrested on yacht for Covid-19 rule breaking party
Police accompanied by a Justice of the Peace detained at least 31 people partying on a sailboat on Friday...
Panama expands time for passengers to present covid swab tests
The Ministry of Health (Minsa), has extended to 96 hours the time for airline travelers who wish to enter, to...
La Fragata fined $5,000 after flouting pandemic rules
The La Fragata restaurant in Obarrio has been hit with a $5,000 by the Health Ministry (Minsa) following a...
Police sergeant caught carrying $73,000
A National Police sergeant reported to be a driver of the provincial governor was arrested on Friday, September 4, after ...
Homicides escalate during 5 months lockdown.
Five months of quarantine, curfew and driving restrictions introduced to fight the Covid-19 pandemic have not stemmed the rise in...
Panama comptroller wearing blinkers
Did the Comptroller General of the Republic do its job of overseeing the modular hospital? This institution has among its...
