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Ex-deputy embezzlement hearing again suspended
Former Panmenista deputy Adolfo Beby Valderrama arrived for a hearing on Friday, January 2 for the alleged misappropriation of funds...
Senior cop fired without pension
National Police (PN) Commissioner (PN), Jacinto Chinto Gómez, was dismissed from his post on Thursday, January 2. The police disciplinary...
Uber and Cabify win court battle to accept cash payment
Uber and Cabify users will be able to pay cash after Panama’s Supreme Court (CSJ) declared void, the prohibition of...
Old guard names Supreme Court President
With a five to four, majority of the old guard, Judge Luis Ramón Fábrega was elected president of Panama’s Supreme...
OPINION: Productivity off the table
Some 290.000 workers will benefit from the increase in the minimum wage, which is 3.3% on average. The increase ranges...
President Cortizo took over “disorganized disaster”
When Panama President Laurentino Nito Cortizo took over the reins of the country he found a disaster in public finances,...
International media report Martinelli to alleged FCC bribery probe
The name of former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli has again surfaced in international media carrying reports of the scores of...
2019 murders reach 463 as gangs fight for control
A dramatic spike of 70 murders in Panama in December ensured that there would be more killings in 2019 than...
Russia holds Maduro aid plan as opponent popularity sinks
Russia is waiting for the president of the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, to leave office before sending...
Multiple challenges for Panama government in 2020
Some of the main challenges facing the Lorentino Cortizo government in 2020 include:. The debt of the Non-Financial Public Sector...
