17 homes demolished after Chiriqui earthquake
THE NUMBER of Chiriqui homes affected by two recent earthquakes and 70 aftershocks is rising as inspections by the National...
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Panama Papers front and center in The Hague
THE ACTIVITIES of Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca are now front and center fof prosecutors across Europe, while the founding...
OPINION: When Impunity replaces Justice
hoyporhoy La Prensa, Apr 5 The majority of the judges of the Supreme Court have reiterated the non-aggression pact between...
127 highway deaths in 93 days
HIGHWAY DEATHS in Panama continue on a record breaking course with 127 tragedies in the first 93 days of the...
Ex state bank president denied bail
RICCARDO FRANCOLINI’S introduction to life behind bars will continue after The Second High Court of Justice denied a bailapplication. The decision...
Court rejects probe of Assembly President, Comptroller
COMPLAINTS against the President of the National Assembly Rubén De León, and Panama’s Comptroller Federico Humbert over irregularities in “donations”...
Quake aftershocks destroy homes, damage schools, roads
OVER 70 aftershocks have destroyed 11 homes and damaged at least 23, since the Sunday Apr 2 earthquake in Chiriqui....
IFF: Puerto Rican director plans English feature
PUERTO RICAN movie director Ari Maniel Cruz back in Panama for the second consecutive year at the Film Festival (IFF)...
Shamah no-show corruption case adjourned
THE FORMER head of the The Panama Tourism Authority (ATP), Salomon Shamah, and his defense were no-shows at a Tuesday...
WORLD VIEW: Populism’s attack on democracy
By Jonathan Power THE LONG talked-about referendum in Turkey will happen on April 16th. In effect voters have to decide...
Martinelli false pardons court hearing
EX-PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli has been called to Panama’s Supreme Court for an imputation hearing on May 10 over the 355...
Second quake shakes Chiriqui
A SECOND earthquake in less than 24 hours struck Chiriqui on Monday April 3. The latest tremor in the Volcán,...
