Social tensions prompt regional economic stagnation fears
The economic outlook in Latin America in 2020 is darkened by internal conflicts and unstable administrations The International Monetary Fund...
Year: 2020
New anti corruption prosecutors to strengthen Odebrecht probe
The names of two new Special Anti-corruption Prosecutors who will strengthen the team investigating the sores of millions of bribes...
Anti-crime boss fires three prosecutors and administrator
Panama’s new Attorney General, Eduardo Ulloa, announced the firing of three prosecutors and an administrative official on Thursday, January 30....
Police destroy 589 seized weapons
589 firearms seized during police operations were destroyed on Thursday, January 30, at an event at the National Police (PN)...
Sole detained Odebrecht suspect walks free
The only person detained in Panama in the multi-million dollar Odebrecht corruption investigation was released on Wednesday, January 29 after...
Canada announces 3rd coronavirus case and citizen evacuations
The Government of Canada announced on Wednesday, January 29 that it now has three cases of the new coronavirus that...
Panama allocates $1million to coronavirus “national emergency”
The Government has declared a state of national emergency due to the growing danger posed by the spread of the coronavirus...
Bonus time for visitors as Panama hotel industry in doldrums
Panama hotel occupancy has plunged to an all-time low of less than 39 % from a high point of over...
OPINION: Picking the Public Pocket
In 2015, the then Comptroller General of the Republic, Federico Humbert, suspended additional payments to alternate deputies who were appointed...
Panama hospitals on coronavirus standby
A respiratory isolation room has been established at the Luis Chicho Fábrega Hospital in Veraguas, to deal with suspicious cases...
More airlines isolate China as virus spreads
On the eve of a WHO meeting likely to announce a worldwide alert about the coronavirus outbreak airlines across the...
