Year: 2020
Ex-president attends medical evaluation requested by prosecutor
Facing pushback from anti-corruption prosecutors after presenting three medical certificates to inhibit his appearance to face two money-laundering investigations, ex-president...
When a "hospital" hotel becomes health risk
The Minister of Health and the Office of the Presidency are dodging questions about the direct hiring of a company...
Odds shorten on July re-opening of Tocumen International
The odds are getting shorter for an early return of commercial flights to Tocumen International as the airport management is...
Chile and Panama have highest covid contagion rates
Panama ranks behind only Chile in the Americas for the number of cases of Covid-19 for every 100,000 inhabitants. A...
OPINION: – Pandemic, An opportubity to plunder
The pandemic is not an excuse to spend without accountability. In fact, it is when it is most transparent to...
Covid cases reach 48,096 with 960 deaths
The death of 28 people in the previous 24 hours raised the total of Panama fatalities due to COVID-19 to...
Total weekend lockdown starts Friday
Starting on Friday, July 17 in the provinces of Panama and Panama West there will be a total quarantine through...
19 arrests after arms trafficking raids on former top security bosses
A series of 28 raids at the homes of former high ranking security officials including ex-police chiefs in the governments...
Freeze on construction projects extended
The Panama construction industry which generates at least 70,00 will remain frozen at least, until July 26. The Ministry of...
WORLDVIEW – US has edge on Russia in ousting president
By Jonathan Power Change is absolutely necessary in Russia, but how to bring it about? One doesn’t have to be...
Prosecutors ask for Martinelli psychiatric evaluation
The Special Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office has asked the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Sciences (Imelcf) for a "psychiatric evaluation...
