Child rape case raises questions about penalty agreements
A penalty agreement seeks procedural economy. For example, getting a confession in exchange for less severe punishment. The question...
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Impoverished Colón gets $48 million tourism boost
The restoration of important fortresses of the Spanish colony, the construction of a visitor center, and at least a dozen...
The fallout from Jailhouse rock party
Nothing less than a birthday party, with danceable music, a buffet, alcohol, lights, a sweet to sing Happy Birthday,...
Weekend heatstroke alert for most of the Isthmus
Conditions suitable for heat stroke and dehydration in the population, could be fostered this weekend by the persistence of high...
Dethroned king gets community service for rape of 13-year-old
The alternate compliance judge of Bocas del Toro, Yemir Lisbeth Herrera Ábrego, sentenced the dethroned king of the Naso Tjër...
Prosecutor asks for 38-years jail for priest who raped 5-year-old
After a four-day trial Gualaca parish priest, Aristides Rodríguez Otero, 58, was found guilty of the crimes of Libidinous Acts,...
Twitter user guilty of gender violence against attorney
A trial court on Friday August 4 found cartoonist Eduardo Narváez, better known as Edunar-54, guilty of gender violence to...
Trial date set for food bags scam
The oral trial for alleged mishandling of food bags from the Panama Solidarity Program that were distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic, was...
Prisoners transferred after party at Colón prison went viral
A group of prisoners have been transferred from the Nueva Esperanza prison, in the province of Colón to other...
Pre-Columbian site unearthed in Chagres
A new pre-Columbian site in the Chagres area, adjacent to the Castillo de San Lorenzo, on the country's Caribbean coast,...
Child protection officials found guilty of child abuse
Two officials of the National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents, and Family (Senniaf) were convicted of the crimes of aggravated abuse...
A failed attempt to muzzle the media
Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the attempt by a company –whose owner and his company are facing various...
