Migrant transportation – a multibillion dollar business
The deadliest land transport accident in the history of Panama should not have happened. All the elements...
Month: February 2023
Over 29,000 deployed in Carnival security operations
More than 29,000 personnel were activated on Wednesday, February 15 to provide security, both in the interior and in the...
Death toll in migrant bus accident climbs to 40
The death toll from the accident to a bus carrying migrants in Los Planes, Gualaca, Chiriqui...
Ineptitude fuels schools of villainy
It’s no secret that Panama’s prisons are veritable schools of villainy; There is no re-socialization, much less a reinsertion...
Martinelli dream team member and wife jail bound
The Descarga Anti-Corruption Prosecutor reported on Wednesday, February 15, that it was able to confirm the sentence of 6...
33 dead 23 seriously hurt as bus falls off cliff
At least 33 people died early Wednesday, February 15, when a bus carrying 66 migrants from Darién fell off...
Gasoline subsidy extended for 44 days
The Cabinet Council approved on Tuesday, February 14 the extension of the subsidy that sets the price of fuel...
Panama joined by Costa Rica on EU black list
The European Union (EU) has decided to keep Panama on its list of jurisdictions that do not cooperate in tax...
26 firearms plus other weapons seized in prison crackdown
Following the shooting, in La Joya and Nueva Joya prison last weekend in which a police lieutenant and a...
Five of Seven carnival contracts canceled
With only three days remaining to the start of carnival five of seven known contracts signed by the Panama...
Obarrio tower explosion from gas stove – report
An explosion in an Obarrio apartment tower that injured 20 people, one seriously and the evacuation of 600 residents was...
