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Cortizo vows constitution referedum in a year
Laurentino Nito CortizoPanama’s president-elect seems determined to distance himself from the plodding ways which earned his predecessor the “tortoise sobriquet....
School ship for maritime cadets on Cortizo priority list
President-elect, Laurentino Cortizo made a commitment during his election campaign that the country would acquire a school ship to complete...
Finance Ministry income projections off by 24,9%
Panama’s outgoing Finance Ministry (MEF) came up $526 million or 24.9% short in its projections of revenue in the first...
Corrupted jailers get prison terms
Five former employees of Panama’s Penitentiary System (SPN) who were part of a corruption network in the system, are among...
The Weapon of Terror
In the course of the trial for violation of privacy and private communications, known as the case of punctures,...
Waterspout hits land in Colon
Vehicles and roofs were damaged in Colon province on Monday when a waterspout hit land accompanied by tornadic winds and...
Time frame 80% gone, $89 million project 10% complete
Panama’s Ministry of Public Works (MOP) and the Italian construction company Astaldi are digging in for what could be...
Lawmakers go Awol from National Assembly
Panama’s lawmakers on Monday, May 27, thumbed their noses at the executive’s call extraordinary sessions, in the dying days of...
Panama’s royal family of geisha coffee retains crown
Panama’s Lamastus family has again been crowned the royal family of geisha coffee produced in the highlands of Chiriqui....
Speed up of witness hearings in Martinelli trial
The trial of former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli for illegal interception of communications of at least 150 people is...
