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15 year sentences for sex slave traffickers

March 16, 2017

FIFTEEN-YEAR jail terms have been handed down to three men for human trafficking involving three young Venezuelan women says a...

Corruption scandals earn Fitch negative bank report

March 16, 2017

ODEBRECHT and ongoing corruption scandals have produced a negative outlook for Panamanian banks from Fitch Ratings. Fitch issued a report...

Martinelli sons lawyer released from cell

March 15, 2017

THE LAWYER for the fugitive sons of former president Ricardo Martinelli has been released from preventive detention. The Special AntiCorruption Prosecutor...

Anti Impunity group and horse picket Comptroller

March 15, 2017

THE GROUP, Citizens Against Impunity, arrived at the Offices of Panama’s Comptroller on Wednesday March 15 accompanied by a horse as...

New system to handle increasing canal transits

March 15, 2017

INCREASED traffic through the waterway has led the The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to launch a new a new system...

Mayor drops gauntlet over street facelifts

March 15, 2017

OVER THE OBJECTIONS of the comptroller, Panama City Council has endorsed the proposal by Mayor José Blandón to spend $52...

Panama Ports start year with strong expansion

March 15, 2017

AFTER a year in which activity fell by 9.1 percent, Panamaa ports began 2017 with a strong expansion according to...

OPINION: Assembly morality on the line

March 14, 2017

Hoyporhoy, La Prensa, Mar.14 THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY has appointed a special commission to investigate supposed acts of corruption, which occurred...

Assembly names corruption commission

March 14, 2017

PANAMA’S National Assembly has adopted a resolution creating a "commission of inquiry" into corruption cases involving major infrastructure projects during the...