OPINION: Political payback behind police firing?
THE NEW YEAR started with fury in the National Police. Unfortunately, the object of this feeling does not seem to...
Year: 2020
New comptroller’s well-connected flock
Gerardo Solis who has wandered through the corridors of power as an Electoral Tribunal judge, presidential candidate, and deputy has...
US Embassy Head of Mission moves up
Roxanne Cabral, who was Head of Mission of the United States Embassy in Panama since the Ambassador resigned over conflict...
Ex-deputy embezzlement hearing again suspended
Former Panmenista deputy Adolfo Beby Valderrama arrived for a hearing on Friday, January 2 for the alleged misappropriation of funds...
Senior cop fired without pension
National Police (PN) Commissioner (PN), Jacinto Chinto Gómez, was dismissed from his post on Thursday, January 2. The police disciplinary...
Uber and Cabify win court battle to accept cash payment
Uber and Cabify users will be able to pay cash after Panama’s Supreme Court (CSJ) declared void, the prohibition of...
Old guard names Supreme Court President
With a five to four, majority of the old guard, Judge Luis Ramón Fábrega was elected president of Panama’s Supreme...
OPINION: Productivity off the table
Some 290.000 workers will benefit from the increase in the minimum wage, which is 3.3% on average. The increase ranges...
President Cortizo took over “disorganized disaster”
When Panama President Laurentino Nito Cortizo took over the reins of the country he found a disaster in public finances,...
International media report Martinelli to alleged FCC bribery probe
The name of former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli has again surfaced in international media carrying reports of the scores of...
