US firm with corruption record gets $9.8 million Panama contract
Louis Berger the US firm that has been awarded a $9.8 million contract to design the tunnel that will carry ...
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Guidelines for Newsroom reader comments
While Newsroom is open to all and welcomes robust debate and discussions on all types of issues, and has refrained...
Costa Rica Supreme Court rejects habeas corpus for MECO boss
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica declared without foundation a writ of habeas corpus presented by...
Investigation of high ranking Health Ministry officials
The director of the Metropolitan Health Region, Israel Cedeño confirmed that the head of epidemiology of the Ministry of Health...
Student and staff deaths prompt Miami mask ruling
The Miami district school board—the largest in Florida and fourth-largest in the nation, with around 334,000 students—met Wednesday and decided...
Classroom distancing halved for return to school
Education Minister Maruja Gorday de Villalobos announced on Wednesday, August 18 the measures that will govern this progressive return of...
Martinelli claims constitutional protection for crimes during tenure
While the second wiretapping trial of former President Ricardo Martinelli entered its 20th day on Wednesday, August 18 La Prensa...
US extends traveler mask-wearing rule
The United States transportation authority (TSA) has extended until January 18 a requirement that people on airline flights and public...
Court rejects defense pleas in Martinelli trial
On day 19 of the second trial of former President Ricardo Martinelli for illegal wiretapping, the prosecutor's office read 160...
22,000 unvaccinated civil servants
Some 22,000 civil servants have not yet received the Covid-19 vaccine the presidential adviser Rafael Mesquita confirmed on Tuesday, August...
Highway embezzlement hearing gets 2nd suspension
A preliminary hearing for former Ministers of Public Works Federico Suárez and Jaime Ford and nine other people for the...
