Worrying Rebound in Panama Covid Cases
Health authorities have warned in recent week there is a real rebound in cases of covid-19 in Panama. Figures from...
Month: May 2021
Arraijan highway reopens Sunday
The Minister of Public Works (MOP), Rafael Sabonge, announced that they plan to "gradually open traffic on the Bridge of...
60 minors among 300 flouting pandemic rules in Casco disco
At least 60 minors were among 300 people caught inside a bar-disco in Casco Viejo, on Friday night, May 28,...
Hitmen charged in murder of PRD activist
During multiple hearings on Friday, May 28, the arrest and the imputation of charges for two hitmen involved in the...
Martinelli loses another round and appeals
The guarantees judge, Elkis Martínez, denied, on Friday, May 28, 2021, a request for prescription of criminal action in the...
Over 90 NGOs denounce government mining plans
More than 90 NGOs at a conference on Thursday attacked the government's plan to promote open-pit metal mining and called...
Transparency authority visits six Lottery offices
Amid growing demands for the ousting of the director of the National Charity Lottery (LNB), the Transparency and Access to...
Panama passes one million vaccination mark
Until the afternoon of May 27, 1,001,690 doses of covid-19 vaccinations have been applied, divided into 962,272 vaccines from Pfizer...
Mining and the Constitution
Article 114 of the Constitution states that "it is the fundamental duty of the State to guarantee that the population...
High official of Panama government got $10 million in Odebrecht bribes
A person described as "a high official of the Panamanian government" between 2009 and 2014 - a period that corresponds...
“Deathtrap” restaurant ignored Fire Department warnings
The failure of authorities to enforce orders which had led to the imposition of fines totaling $140,000 and the willful...
OPINION -The Lottery Untouchables
The National Charity Lottery has historically been robbed by political groups that shamelessly abuse an institution created to support those...
