Investigation of high ranking Health Ministry officials
The director of the Metropolitan Health Region, Israel Cedeño confirmed that the head of epidemiology of the Ministry of Health...
Month: August 2021
Student and staff deaths prompt Miami mask ruling
The Miami district school board—the largest in Florida and fourth-largest in the nation, with around 334,000 students—met Wednesday and decided...
A bridge of dreams
The delivery of the fourth bridge over the Canal was scheduled for December 3, 2023. And despite the usual delays...
Classroom distancing halved for return to school
Education Minister Maruja Gorday de Villalobos announced on Wednesday, August 18 the measures that will govern this progressive return of...
Martinelli claims constitutional protection for crimes during tenure
While the second wiretapping trial of former President Ricardo Martinelli entered its 20th day on Wednesday, August 18 La Prensa...
US extends traveler mask-wearing rule
The United States transportation authority (TSA) has extended until January 18 a requirement that people on airline flights and public...
Court rejects defense pleas in Martinelli trial
On day 19 of the second trial of former President Ricardo Martinelli for illegal wiretapping, the prosecutor's office read 160...
22,000 unvaccinated civil servants
Some 22,000 civil servants have not yet received the Covid-19 vaccine the presidential adviser Rafael Mesquita confirmed on Tuesday, August...
Highway embezzlement hearing gets 2nd suspension
A preliminary hearing for former Ministers of Public Works Federico Suárez and Jaime Ford and nine other people for the...
OPINION: Time to end pandemic restrictions
The measures adopted by the Executive - due to the pandemic - that restrict freedom of movement in the country,...
WORLDVIEW: Afghanistan! Who invited us?
By Jonathan Power The Soviet Army invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 and withdrew, exhausted and demoralized, 10 years later. In...
