In search of an Electoral Judge with integrity
On December 5, 2019, María Eugenia López Arias -together with four substitute magistrates- took office as a member of the...
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Panamanian Justice has a long way to go
The Judicial Branch announced yesterday the sentence to five years in prison for the son of a former magistrate...
1000 days and no job creation plan
Next Sunday, Laurentino Cortizo celebrates a thousand days as President of the Republic, in the midst of perhaps unprecedented...
Rescuing Panama from its citizens
I was born in Panama City, grew up, educated and have worked throughout the capital. Never in my life...
Escape routes paved for powerful fugitives from justice
The saga of the fugitives, the children of former President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal, demonstrates, with nauseating crudeness, how judicial...
OPINION: Theft of buses gives life to old phrase
After what we have heard in the preliminary hearing for the irregular compensation paid to the owners of the...
OPINION: A $40 million reason to revoke mayor’s mandate
How can the mayor of the capital city explain or justify spending more than $40 million on consultancies? How...
Lifting the lid off cabinet meetings
The Minister of the Presidency, through a resolution, prohibited public access to the minutes, files and notes of the...
OPINION: Justified suspicions of politicians’ honesty
It seems like a thing of prehistory that, in the XXI century, citizens do not know details of who...
OPINION: Paradise Lost to political crime
For the second day in a row, the political community and control institutions remain silent on the issue of...
The failure of social security dialogue
The dialogue for the Social Security Fund (CSS) is a resounding and complete failure. We witnessed how the government...
Appalling backlog in sexual assault hearings
The statistics on sexual assaults in Panama are as appalling as the crime itself. Between 2016 and 2021, almost...
