Lawyer accused of murdering 4 clients stays jailed
The Court of Appeals of the First Judicial District of Panama rejected a habeas corpus presented by the defense...
Year: 2020
78 women prisoners get release to ease virus threat
Panama’s Ministry of Government (Mingob) has made public a list of 78 women in state prisons whose sentences will be...
April a “hard month” as COVID-19 cases hit 1,475 with 37 deaths
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 climbed to 1,475 with 37 deaths on Thursday, April 2 Panama infectologist,...
Senafront agent among COVID-19 victims
COVID-19 has claimed the life of National Border Service (Senafront), corporal, Abel Ábrego said Panama President Laurentino Cortizo on Twitter...
Lockdown violators bring Panama nearer abyss
Official figures already recognize that there are more than one million people infected with COVID-19 in the world. In Panama,...
Shortage of intensive care specialists in coronavirus fight
The latest major challenge for Panama’s healthcare authorities in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic is the shortage of intensive...
7 foreigners among arrested surfers
PEDASÍ, Los Santos. Some 13 people. including seven foreigners were arrested in the late afternoon of Wednesday, April 1, in...
Wedding party flouting lockdown rules could face $100,000 fine.
A newly married couple who flouted Panama.s quarantine rules with a full-scale wedding celebration on Sunday, March 29, could face...
492 men arrested for “women’s day” shopping
A total of 492 men were arrested on “women’s day” the first day of the new quarantine rules that mandate...
60-70% of Panamanians l could be infected if they dpn’t stay home
Everyone is susceptible to the new coronavirus, which could attack between 60 and 70 percent of the Panamanian population if...
OPINION: Broadening looting jail terms
The looting of businesses that occurred recently has deserved national rejection. There is definitely a need and even hunger in...
