ENVIRONMENT: Panama’s chance to shine on world stage
The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) is the most important meeting...
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Martinelli files new $5 million media complaint
Radio Panama, owned by the Spanish conglomerate Grupo Prisa is the latest target of former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli...
US visa crackdown on corrupt Latin American officials
The US Department of State warned on Wednesday, December 5 that they will immediately suspend the entry visas of corrupt...
Lawmaker rape hearing rescheduled
The control hearing scheduled for Thursday, December 5 for PRD deputy Arquesio Arias was suspended because of health reasons...
New Supreme Court judge and four substitutes seated
María Eugenia López Arias took office as a new Supreme Court judge at the presidential palace on Thursday. December...
Isla Boná becomes a Wildife Refuge
Isla Boná Island which was once threatened by a group planning to develop an oil facility is now a protected...
Construction boss reaches collaboration deal in Panama bribery probe
A former director of the Spanish construction company FCC, which is accused of distributing millions of dollars in bribes in...
Alleged pastor in preventive detention on sex crime charges
Aristides Machado, who posed as an evangelical pastor, and is charged with alleged libidinous acts and corruption of minors was...
Judge’s son jailed awaiting weapons charges
Cristian Antonio Cedalise,32, the son of Supreme Court judge Cecilio Cedalise is in provisional detention, on the orders of Judge...
US fugitive laundering suspect loses habeas corpus appeal
Lawyer Ramsés Owens, who is under investigation for alleged money laundering through the Jal Offshore company.and for laundering related to...
Sexual abuse case against Dr lawmaker behind closed doors
PRD Deputy Arquesio Arias, under investigation by the Supreme for the alleged carnal rape and libidinous acts to the detriment...
New Children’s Hospital hits another roadblock
After over 10 years of delays Panama’s overcrowded and outdated Hospital del Nino (Children’s Hospital) is again left swinging...
