NEWS
Drugs and gang wars push homicides past 500
The number of homicides committed in 2023 will exceed 500. From January to November, the Public Ministry registered a...
Martinelli targets judges to avoid serving jail sentence
This time it was Ariadne García, judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice , rapporteur...
Blocked Panama-Colon highway reopened
The Alberto Motta highway (Panama-Colón), which remained blocked by a group of protesters, was reopened around 12:30 noon on...
The transmission company denies the mining company is to blame for the blackout
The National Dispatch Center of the Electric Transmission Company denies that the events that occurred on December 24, which...
Drinking water restored to 25 treatment plants
The Institute of National Aqueducts and Sewers (Idaan) reported that the drinking water service began to be restored in the...
Panama’s December drug haul tops 9.2 tons
\ In December, anti-drug authorities managed to seize some 9.2 tons of drugs in operations carried out by the National...
16 dengue deaths and 15,000 cases trigger health alert
With 16 deaths from dengue and more than 15,000 cases across the country, the Health Ministry(Minsa) urges the population...
Panama deported 687 foreigners during the year
As the end of the year approaches the National Immigration Service has announced that in 2023 it deported 687...
Christmas Eve blackout hits much of Panama
The Christmas Eve partial blackout that affected the provinces of Panama, Panama Oeste, Colón, and Coclé, among others, was...
Ex-cop gets 28 years for woman’s stabbing death
The Homicide and Femicide Section of the Chiriquí Regional Prosecutor's Office obtained a sentence of 28 years in prison...
Panama Tourism sector rebounding
The tourism sector in Panama had been moving towards a full recovery until September of this year. A report...