Panama’s Corruption Pandemic
The general budget of the State for the next year -pre-election- contemplates an increase in expenses destined to pay...
Month: August 2022
Civil Protection issues nationwide prevention notice
The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) has issued a nationwide prevention notice for August 21- 24 following the arrival...
Panama applies speed reduction on ships to protect whales
The Panama Canal asked ships that transit the waterway to follow annual speed and navigation measures to avoid collisions with...
10 social security officials in preventive detention for theft of medicines
Ten people were ordered provisionally detained by a court of guarantees on Saturday, August 20 following the theft of...
Corruption and Transparency talks fizzle out with no agreement
The eleventh round of talks on “corruption and transparency” between social organizations and the Executive present at the single...
A damning indictment of Panama’s justice system
The shortcomings and errors of Panama’s judicial system were laid bare in a recent diagnosis by the Cyrus...
Two new cases of monkeypox in Panama
Two new cases of monkeypox were detected in Panama on t Friday, August 19, bringing the total to seven...
Canada names first indigenous judge to Supreme Court
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominated Judge Michelle O'Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada t Friday, August 19,...
Panama hopes to exit Financial Task Force gray list next month
The Vice Minister of Finance, Jorge Luis Almengor, reported that a new plenary session with the Financial Action Task...
Plácido Domingo wiretapped in criminal sect probe
The Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo appears in one of the wiretaps that are part of the investigation that...
Health Ministry confirms the fifth case of monkeypox
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) confirmed Thursday, August 18, the fifth case of monkeypox in the country, the second...
Former security agent arrested in model murder probe
Joseph Peralta a former member of the Institutional Protection Service (SPI) was one of three men apprehended Wednesday, as...
