Bribed transport inspector caught on camera, fired
A Transportation Authority (ATTT) inspector recorded on video while taking a bribe from an errant driver, was identified by the...
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TIMING – First lady lauds education, teachers plan protest
ON THE WEEKEND that Panama schoolteachers announced a march to the presidential palace to protest unopened classrooms, deteriorating structures and...
Man detained for suspected rape of child under 11
Preventive detention has been confirmed for a 30-year-old man accused of the alleged rape of a girl under the age of 11,...
Crisis deepens in Panama National Assembly
The deputies of the Credentials, Ethics, Internal Regulation and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National Assembly are preparing to process...
OPINION: President skips country in crisis
Today Panama faces a moment of frustration and indignation at the irresponsible behavior of the organs of the State, each...
Panama awaits Varela signature to Zero Waste bill
PANAMA produces the second largest daily amount of garbage per capita in Latin America and recycles only five percent of...
Hearing begins into jail system corruption
THIRTEEN people have been called to a Monday, March 26 hearing into corruption in Panama’s Penitentiary system. The hearing...
Teachers protest unready schools, education budget
PANAMA schoolteachers and administrators are planning a major demonstration to draw attention o the many schools in the country that...
190, 000 working Panamanians in survival mode
While Panama has the highest Gross Domestic Product(GDP) per capita over 190,000 of its working citizens are living on the...
OPINION; Art of prediction and tech backlash
By Celia Hannon FORECASTING is a fool’s errand, so why we do fallible humans persist in trying to peer into...
World Youth Day Count Down Clock Inauguration
A CLOCK that will make the countdown to the celebration of the World Youth Day (WYD), in Panama in January...
President and First Lady head for Amman, Rome
WITH Panama’s Assembly and the Government administration facing what has been described as a constitutional crisis President Juan Carlos Varela,...
