Mayor’s office defends direct contracting for the Christmas parade
The Panama Mayor's Office has defended the direct contracting for the celebration of the Christmas parade on December 11...
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Transfer of lands for mayor’s latest pet project said illegal
After his aborted attempt to bring back a beach to Panama’s waterfront at a cost of over $100 million...
Children crossing Darien Gap at all-time high
The number of children crossing the Darien jungle between Colombia and Panama on foot has reached an all-time high...
Firearms destruction expands alongside gang links to politicians
In the government press releases on the destruction of firearms, there is a kind of self-promotion because these devices...
Panama to host world tobacco control conference
Panama the first country in the world to sanction the absolute prohibition of advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco products...
The forgotten Declaration of Independence
On Wednesday, November 18, 1840, General Tomás Herrera signed the longest-running declaration of independence in the 19th century writes...
Another setback for controversial university rector
The Third Chamber of Administrative and Labor Litigation of the Supreme (CSJ) provisionally suspended an Agreement of the...
Cortizo returns to his desk after a medical follow-up
Panama President Laurentino Cortizo was back at his desk on Friday, November 18 after returning from Houston, Texas where...
Corruption prosecutor appeals ruling on Super 99
The Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has filed an appeal against the decision of criminal judge Baloisa Marquínez not to...
More victims of sexual abuse in children’s shelters join lawsuit
PANAMA CITY/ 27 new victims have joined the civil lawsuit that 35 people filed several months ago against the...
Armed robberies of banks, jewelries, pharmacies on the rise
Statistics from the Public Ministry reveal that between January and October of this year, 5,975 complaints had been...
WORLDVIEW: The US – A Failed Democracy
By Jonathan Power It should take a long time before America can again strut the world stage and lecture...
