No Court ruling on 8 pardoned cops under homicide investigation
WHILE President Ricardo Martinelli is drawing up his list of pardons to be granted before he leaves office June 30,...
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4 negative reactions to presidential pardon
THREE MORE of the 15 recipients of a “pardon” from outgoing President Ricardo Martinelli have joined presiding Electoral Tribunal judge...
Varela names security appointments
POLICE COMMISSIONER Eric Estrada will be the new director of the Institutional Protection Service beginning July 1 said President-elect Juan...
Martinelli pardon a malicious affront Electoral judge
ELECTORAL Tribunal (TE), Judge Erasmo Pinilla, was quick to react to the “pardon” handed down Wednesday, June 25 by President...
Martinelli grants first 16 pardons
PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli, granted 16 oficial pardons and reduced sentences,including several journalists, politicians and lawyers on Wednesday, June 25,...
DNA tests confirms identity of second missing Dutch tourist
FORENSIC tests performed at Panama’s Medicine and Forensic SciencesInstitue have confirmed that remains found in Bocas del Toro matched the...
Medical guild will avoid Martinelli trap on eve of new government
The National Medical Negotiating Commission (Comenenal), has not ruled out strike action to protest the firing of its leader, Fernando...
Former Colombian spy boss gets a breather
THE TUG-OF WAR over asylum granted to former Colombian Security Director María del Pilar Hurtado took another turn on Monday...
CDs last Cabinet meeting
PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli’s last Cabinet Council meeting was held Tuesday, June 24 in the Palacio de las Garzas a week before...
Martinelli planning to issue pardons
SOME of Panama’s malefactors will sleep easier after June 30 as President Ricardo Martinelli confirmed Monday, June 23, that he...
Dutch girl tourists disappearance now labeled crime
THE CASE of the two Dutch tourists who went missing on April 1 is now being treated as "crime against...
$725,000 award said blow to freedom of expression
IN WHAT has been condemned as a “blow to the freedom of expression” five Panama journalists, the daily publications La...
