Recorded traffic deaths reach 253
RESIDENTS of the Omar sector, of Burunga, Arraijan who were awakened at 3.30 am on Saturday July 29 by the...
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Odebrecht bribery inaction sparks protests
GROWING frustration over perceived lack of action in the investigation of the Odebrecht bribery scandal in Panama, while elsewhere in...
Business and civil groups demand speedy Odebrecht probe
BUSINESS organizations civil society groups and members of political parties are united in demanding that the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP)...
Wave warning heightened after surfer dies
HOURS after the body of a surfer was recovered in Panama West on Saturday, July 29, Panama’s National Civil Protection...
Cross border protest against people-trafficking
Cross border protest against people-trafficking PANAMANIANS and Costa Ricans joined together on the border between the two countries on Saturday,...
15 injured in Bus-pickup crash
FIVE AMBULANCES were used to transport 15 injured to the Rafael Hernández Hospital in the city of David, Chiriqui on...
Prosecutors accused of deception in collaboration deal
THE FORMER director of the defunct National Assistance Program (PAN), Rafael Guardia Jaén, moved from the El Renacer Prison to...
OPINION: Political and judicial whirlwind
hoyporhoy La Prensa July 28 THE STATEMENTS made by the only financial operator that refused to avail himself of the...
Panama Papers bring down Pakistan Prime Minister
ANOTHER corrupt political head has rolled because of the Panama Papers revelations exposing the activities of law firm Mossack Fonseca...
Varela accused in Odebrecht bombshell
THE LATEST bombshell in the ongoing Odebrecht bribery scandal adds President Juan Carlos Varela to the list of those who...
CORRECTION: Wrong snake blamed
An observant reader noticed that in a July 23 posting Newsroom used an incorrect photo when reporting a death from...
Ruling party deputy fingered in Odebrecht probe
A PROMINENT government deputy who heads the National Assembly Committee that handles complaints against Supreme Court judges has become the...
