Investigation of possible environmental crimes at mine site
The Public Ministry (MP) is carrying out a visual inspection of the former concession of Minera Panamá, SA, as part of...
Year: 2024
The specter of a vengeful second Trump presidency
Donald Trump is expected to announce he will stand for a second term as president in 2024 writes The...
Mitigating the economic effects of the mine closure
37 days after the Supreme Court of Justice declared the legal contract with the mining company unconstitutional, it is...
Workers seek $765 monthly minimum wage
From the perspective of workers, the minimum wage that should govern between 2024 and 2025 in Panama would have...
Perennial garbage crisis in Panama Wonderland
Over one hundred workers Urban and Home Cleaning Authority (AAUD), have been laid off, which could aggravate Panama’s perennial...
Supreme Court president Arias re-elected
Judge María Eugenia López Arias was re-elected on Wednesday, January 3, as president of the Supreme Court of Justice,...
OPINION: Issues screaming for attention
OPINION: Issues screaming for attention ignored The report to the Nation by the President of the Republic alluded, once...
Cortizo’s legacy “bankrupt social security” — analyst
Following Tuesday’s lackluster management report by Panama President Laurentino Cortizo the lawyer and political analyst, Rodrigo Noriega, referred to...
New prison in Colón for drug traffickers
The Minister of Government, Roger Tejada, has announced the creation of a new jail for drug trafficking crimes in the...
Impunity a challenge to justice in Panama – former AG
Panama’s former Attorney General Ana Matilde Gómez, said on Tuesday, January 2, that there are important challenges in matters...
Politicians drunk with ‘what’s in it for me?’ power
The Budget Commission of the National Assembly became the highest authority in the management of the general budget of...
Crime took a hard knock in 2023 with over 119 tons of drugs seized
Panamanian authorities confirmed Monday that different security forces closed the year 2023 with 119.2 tons of drugs seized, compared...
