Complaints against Varela and judges rejected
COMPLAINTS filed against President Juan Carlos Varela and six Supreme Court judges were rejected by the National Assembly Credentials Commission...
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One dead, six injured by killer bees
AFRICAN killer bees claimed the life of one person and badly stung six others in Los Santos on Monday and...
Dairy farmers hit by milk substitute imports
DAIRY FARMERS in Panama are being hard hit by the importation of milk substitutes Nestlé Panama will stop buying grade...
Lawyer for jailed judge files complaint against deputies
A CRIMINAL complaint has been filed against two deputies over alleged delays in a hearing requested on behalf of jailed...
WORLD VIEW: A messy green divorce
Almost a year ago, voters in Britain opted to leave the European Union. Now, as Brexit negotiations begin to heat...
ODEBRECHT: Prosecutors threatened, witnesses offered bribes
WITNESSES in Panama’s anti-corruption prosecutions linked to high profile people in the Odebrecht bribery scandal have been offered large sums...
Varela discretionary spending at $60,000 a day
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela handed out discretionary payments totalling $5.4 million in the first 90 days of the year, some...
Panamanian deportee dies in US prison
A 27-YEAR-OLD Panamanian awaiting deportation in a Southern Georgia, USA, prison became the seventh person to die this year in...
Twitter threat suspect arrested
A 24year-old, suspected of being the man who tweeted Panama’s first lady with threats against her disc jockey son, has...
Police called to eviction protests
PROTESTERS against the eviction of squatters being carried out in Cerro Galera, were barred by police from blocking the highway...
Transit authority rejects tourism Uber demand
THE 24-HOUR ultimatum of Panama tourism vehicle operators to the Transit Authority (ATTT) on Monday, May 15 was quickly slapped...
WORLD VIEW: The hypocrisy of owning nuclear weapons
By Jonathan Power DURING the French election no candidate talked about France’s nuclear weapons. In Britain, the subject has been...
