OPINION: Shaming lawmakers via the pocket
hoyporhoy La Prensa March 14 MEMBERS are the group that represents all citizens. The adoption of laws, the prosecution of...
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UNESCO park Illegal logging arrest
ONE PERSON has been arrested for illegal logging in La Amistad Park in Chiriquí. The investigation was prompted by a...
OPINION: An amoral judiciary
La Prensa, August 13 If MEN WERE ANGELS, no government or laws courts would be required. It has never been...
Six years in hell hole awaiting trial
LAST WEEK’S revelations of a criminal network operating inside Panama’s prison system to manipulate prison sentences, paroles and transfers combined...
Persecution and health challenges
WHILE FORMER Labor Minister and interim CD leader Alma Cortés, mouthed “political persecution” the party mantra for anyone charged with...
Soho workers feel the pain
WORKERS in stores that are trying to function in Soho Mall are not predicting a “Happy New Year” for 2017....
Cascos walkabout Sundays nixed
THE LOUDLY hailed “pedestrians only” Sundays in Casco Viejo have sputtered out and after a public consultation have been suspended....
OFF THE CUFF: Playboys leash shortens
TIME MAY BE running out for Panama playboy-businessman Mayer Mizrachi, who, like his father, is on the run from Panama...
OPINION: Panamas University of Crime
La Prensa August 12 PANAMA maintains a huge historical debt to the prison system and the more than 16,000 prisoners...
Health check returns suspect to cell
WHEN EX- MINISTER of Labor Alma Cortés was ordered held in preventive detention, her lawyer objected on health grounds, a ...
OFF THE CUFF: Detention follows political charade
THE CRIMINAL interrogation of an ex-cabinet minister suspected of $2.5 million illegal enrichment during the Ricardo Martinelli administration led to ...
Police officers arrested in prison corruption swoop
A CAPTAIN and a lieutenat of the National Police (PN) have been arrested during the investigation of a criminal network...
