Month: January 2023
First major drug bust of the year nets 1,234 kilos
On Tuesday, January 16, The National Police seized 1,234 kilos of cocaine that was in a...
28 victims of human traffickers forced to beg on streets
A criminal group dedicated to human trafficking in the form of labor exploitation was dismantled, with the capture of...
First flight of charter airline lands at Tocumen
The first official flight of the Flytrip charter airline landed at the Tocumen International Airport from Bahía Piñas,...
Panama leads the region with bank savings
Between 2011 and 2021 Panama registered one of the fastest advances in terms of financial deepening in the region, according...
White-collar criminals dodging justice
Today in Panama it is easier to saddle a cock than to prosecute a white-collar criminal. Our legal system...
Lifting of arrest warrants for Martinelli brothers denied
The Second Settlement Court for Criminal Cases issued two rulings in which the preventive detention order is maintained and another...
Tnree children hospitalized after hostel fire
Three minors aged one, four, and nine years old are in the Children’s Hospital after suffering burns on their...
Chichi de Obarrio embezzlement trial suspended
The Third Criminal Case Settlement Court suspended on Monday, January 16, the trial of Adolfo 'Chichi' De Obarrio and...
Excavated material from the canal tunnel will be dumped in Farfán
Materials from the excavation of the tunnel under the Panama Canal for Line 3 of the subway, between Panama...
Public Ministry asked to probe gold found in Martinelli stores
Lawyer Guillermo Cochez submitted a request to the Public Ministry after the newspaper La Prensa reported that in...
Rancid politicians in the Global Village
The year started off strong. And while some want to silence the communicators with formulas so retrograde that they...