Boquete moves to combat crime surge
A FLOOD of complaints from tourists, businessmen and residents in the resort community of Boquete, Chiriqui over increasing robberies and...
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Martinelli’s brother under house arrest
MARIO MARTINELLI, brother of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli has been placed under house arrest and banned from leaving Panama The order...
El Nio forces reduction of ship size for canal transits
THE SIZE of vessels transiting the Panama will be restricted starting September 8 due to drought conditions caused by the...
Two more corruption suspects held in cells
AFTER 13 HOURS of intense questioning, two more former senior officials in the Ricardo Martinelli aministration (2009-14) were denied the...
Corruption suspect by any other name
A “DODGE-the-bullet” move by the lawyer for corruption suspect Nicolas Corcione, is hanging on the interpretation of the word “director”...
90-day window to register firearms
OWNERS of an unregistered firearm have a 90 day window to set the record straight or face seizure of their...
Mass schoolgirls vaccination program to fight cervical cancer
OVER 50 000 doses of vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) will be given to 10 year old girls living and...
Drought may impact canal shipping
PANAMA’S increasing water problems could also affect one of the country’s vital income sources.The lack of rain in the watershed...
TV images of police mocking burning youths
TV IMAGES of adolescents screaming for help as they were engulfed in flames while police stood by and mocked them...
OFF THE CUFF: Kid glove treatment for Martinellis brother?
MARIO MARTINELLI, brother of former President Ricardo was spared the tiring 15 minute drive to Via Espana and the spare...
Investment firm linked to troubled bank, suspended
THE LICENSE of an investment firm linked to Banco Universal whose name has repeatedly appeared in series of anti corruption...
13 women rescued in sexual trafficking crackdown
THIRTEEN WOMEN who were victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, were discovered in a crackdown by Panama’s Special Prosecutor for...
