Bridge crash causes chaos
A THREE CAR collision on the Bridge of the Americas on Saturday morning, July 10, caused traffic chaos stretching for kilometers...
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Truck kills one, injures 10
A SPEEDING articulated truck killed one person and sent another 10 to hospital in the early hours of Friday September...
OFF THE CUFF: Globe trotting judge in cash strapped system
PANAMA’S Supreme Court Chief Justice José Ayú Prado, reputedly has never turned down an invitation that involves an overseas trip....
Waterless weekend for David
OVER 100,000 people in the City of David in Chiriqui province, will be without water for a large part of...
Elective surgery cut in fight against virus
PANAMA’S Children’s hospital (Hospital Del Nino) has suspended elective surgery and health centers have extended hours to cope with an...
Deforestation threatens Canal
THE MIRAFLORES Lake, vital to the functioning of the Panama Canal, is facing twin attacks from deforestation and pollution. The...
Mizrachi facing money laundering probe
MAYER MIZRACHI, the would be political asylum seeker, will be facing additional criminal investigation on Monday September 12. He will...
Indigenous confrontation looming
THE POSSIBILITY of renewed confrontation between the government and indigenous communities opposed to the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project seems to...
Court suspends Obarrio zoning changes.
ZONING changes in Obarrio, Bella Vista have been suspended by Panama’s Supreme Court. The changes were instituted by The Ministry...
24 gang members arrested in dawn swoop
A DAWN raid by prosecutors and police in Las Cumbres on Thursday September 8 targeted suspected gang members. The...
OPINION: Time for top judge to resign
THE PERSISTENCE of the presiding judge of the Supreme Court in leaving his important post for banal travel demonstrates his...
Martinellis secretary exits most wanted list
INTERPOL has removed Adolfo De Obarrio, the private secretary of former President Ricardo Martinelli, from its list of most wanted...
