Cortizo vows constitution referedum in a year
Laurentino Nito CortizoPanama’s president-elect seems determined to distance himself from the plodding ways which earned his predecessor the “tortoise sobriquet....
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School ship for maritime cadets on Cortizo priority list
President-elect, Laurentino Cortizo made a commitment during his election campaign that the country would acquire a school ship to complete...
Corrupted jailers get prison terms
Five former employees of Panama’s Penitentiary System (SPN) who were part of a corruption network in the system, are among...
Waterspout hits land in Colon
Vehicles and roofs were damaged in Colon province on Monday when a waterspout hit land accompanied by tornadic winds and...
Time frame 80% gone, $89 million project 10% complete
Panama’s Ministry of Public Works (MOP) and the Italian construction company Astaldi are digging in for what could be...
Lawmakers go Awol from National Assembly
Panama’s lawmakers on Monday, May 27, thumbed their noses at the executive’s call extraordinary sessions, in the dying days of...
Panama’s royal family of geisha coffee retains crown
Panama’s Lamastus family has again been crowned the royal family of geisha coffee produced in the highlands of Chiriqui....
Speed up of witness hearings in Martinelli trial
The trial of former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli for illegal interception of communications of at least 150 people is...
US citizen dies in boating incident
An American citizen died while partying on a vessel at Punta Caracol on Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro The...
Setbacks for tranit embezzlement defendants
Two prominent figures including a former minister have had court setbacks in the Diablos Rojos (Red Devils) compensation embezzlement .scandal...
