Fire at Miraflores locks halts transits
An outbreak of fire in one of the machinery tunnels in the upper chamber of the Miraflores locks of the...
Month: December 2022
Colombian drug cartel controls Darien immigrant route
The Columbian Clan del Golfo maintains hegemonic control of the Gulf of Urabá and has established a series of...
Deadline for copper mine agreement has passed
The deadline for the Panamanian government and Minera Panama to reach an agreement expired at midnight on Wednesday, December...
Former tennis star released from UK jail – awaiting extradition
EFE - London - Controversial German tennis player Boris Becker has been released from a British prison where he...
Panama’s double whammy – drug and migrant smuggling
Panama is not only a route for drug trafficking, but for migrants, who in most cases are victims of...
198 called to trial for “diablos rojos” $24 million scam
The first judge to liquidate criminal cases, Agueda Rentería, ordered the summons to trial of 198 people for alleged...
Tocumen International continues upturn
The Tocumen International Airport closed the month of November with a total of 1,364,188 travelers, an increase of 274,415...
Grants director refuses to deliver files to transparency authority
Bernado Meneses, director of the Institute for the Training and Use of Human Resources (Ifarhu)in a note dated Tuesday, December...
The $6 million unanswered question for Panama’s mayor
The mayor of the capital city adopts a despotic attitude every time he is approached about the expenses incurred...
Private enterprise union seeks clarity on mining talks
The National Council of Private Enterprise (Conep), has added its voice to the growing concern over the Minera Panama negotiations....
“Significant” number of children hospitalized with covid-19
The Minister of Health, alerted on Tuesday, December 13, a "significant" number of children in pediatric hospitals some with aggravated...
Criminal complaint presented over Christmas lighting
A criminal complaint to investigate the allocation of funds for the Christmas lighting of parks in the Municipality...
