590 trash workers for Cinta Costera Carnivalclean up
Some 590 workers of Panama’s Garbage and Cleaning Authority (AAUD) will be assigned to cope with the multi-tons of garbage...
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Suspended Financial Pacific judge facing criminal probe
A JUDGE who dropped files of a major criminal case involving ex-president Ricardo Martinelli on a public highway has been suspended...
11,120 speeding tickets in January
SPEEDING Panama drivers collected 11,120 tickets in January and another 2,112 were handed out for badly parked vehicles says the...
Varela Takes Heat As Assembly Rejects Judges
THE REJECTION by the National Assembly of two Supreme Court nominees was because of the failure of the administration led by...
WW II, bomb closes island to fishermen
FISHERMEN from the Pedasí district have been banned from sailing to Isla Iguana, after the discovery of an abandoned bomb...
OPINION: Twisted morals in Panamas political swamp
YESTERDAY, the deputies of the National Assembly demonstrated their true colors and they revealed the swamp which Panamanian politics has become....
Supreme Court president steps down
Judge José Ayú Prado, who late in 2017 had expressed interest in seeking re-election has presented his irrevocable resignation as...
Blue Apple red alert suspect arrested
With an Interpol red alert hanging over his head Jorge Churro Ruiz, Director of Contracts Administration at the Ministry of...
Judge who lost files throws new block on brokerage probe
FELIPE FUENTES, the 7th Criminal judge under investigation after seven files related to the defunct brokerage Financial Pacific (FP), were...
Corrupt politicians fear honest prosecutor – Varela
“A corrupt politician is afraid of an honest prosecutor, “ said President Juan Carlos Varela on Tuesday. January 30, as...
Martinelli asks fast bail resolution
A PETITION to get an early resolution to a motion for bail for ex Panama president Ricardo Martinelli has been...
First hantavirus death sets health team in motion
The year’s first death from hantavirus was confirmed by health authorities of Los Santos on Monday morning, Jan.29. He was...
