Bella Vista murders linked to organized crime
A SECOND person has been detained and is under investigation for the murder of Dutch citizen Halid Jaffat and Panamanian...
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Electoral Tribunal judge to remain 10 more years
A 72-YEAR OLD Electoral Tribunal judge who has served since Panama’s first post-dictatorship government has been confirmed in his position...
Bloody weekend, 8 traffic deaths, 7 homicides
EIGHT people died in traffic accidents across the Panamanian Isthmus on the weekend following Christmas and there were seven gang...
Fraud in Agricultural Development Bank
PANAMA’S Agricultural Development Bank (BDA) is the latest entity of the previous government to come under scrutiny with audits exposing...
OFF THE CUFF: Corruption prosecutors face a busy year
THE LIST of people facing interrogation by Panama’s anti–corruption prosecutors, investigating alleged widespread malfeasance during the previous administration headed by...
Colombian questioned in night spot killings
Colombian questioned in night spot killings A COLOMBIAN citizen was questioned on Sunday, December 28, for his alleged involvement in...
PAN SCANDAL: Tamburrelli out of hospital, able to testify
FORMER National Assistance Program (PAN)director Jiacomo Tamburrelli was discharged from hospital on Sunday. December 28 after undergoing surgery for heart...
Price controls cut basic food basket by $63
THE COST of the basic food basket in Panama has been reduced by $63.11 per month as a result of...
Corruption investigation a “nice opportunity” – Molinar
LUCY MOLINAR The former Minister of Education sees her January appearance before the Second Anticorruption Prosecutor investigating the purchase of...
Canal workers strike to continue
STRIKING workers of the Panama Canal expansion project have announced the continuation of the strike that they launched earlier in...
Tourist and disc jockey gunned down in Bella Vista
A DUTCH tourist and a Panamanian disc jockey were shot and killed in the parking lot of Le Palace nightclub...
Panama jaguars on candid camera
CAMERA “TRAPS” recording the movements of Panama’s declining Jaguar population will be in place in early January, 2015, as part...
