Newsroom Panama Quick Reads for February 18 & 19 of 2026 
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Panama National Police Arrest 817 People in the Last 72 Hours 
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Soho Rolex robbery link arrested in Veraguas
A man linked to an armed robber dressed like an Orthodox rabbi who strolled through the upscale Soho Mall in the...
Martinelli lawyers re-play losing healthcard
The high-priced battery of lawyers striving to save Panama’s ex-president Ricardo Martinelli from spending many of his remaining years behind...
Taxi driver ran down transit cop, stays behind bars
A taxi driver who ran down a woman police officer while attempting to escape a checkpoint will remain behind bars...
Penitentaries boss denies Martinelli deprived of rights
The director of Panama’s Penitentiary System has rejected complaints that ex-president Ricardo Martinelli is being denied certain prisoner rights. Etéreo...
Colons $1.8 billion Chinese projects
Shanghai Gorgeous, a private Chinese group is investing at least $1,8 billion dollars to develop two major projects in Colon province....
Trumps new tariffs may impact Canal
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Chinses imports to the US could impact the Panama Canal warned the authority’s administrator,...
Hospital skulking embezzler gets 8-years $6.12 million seized
Luis Cucalón, former director of the General Revenue Directorate who skulked for two years in Panama’s most expensive private hospital...
Three dead 22 injured in weekend accidents
Two people were killed and 19 injured on Sunday afternoon, September 16 in a head-on collision between a sedan and...
5000 fired as hotel occupancy plummets
Some 5,000 Panama hotel workers have lost their jobs in the last year as hotel occupancy continues its downward spiral...
Playboy embezzlement trial stalled again
THE hearing into alleged embezzlement from Panama’s Innovation Authority (AIG) by "man about town" Mayer Mizrachi Matalón - and four...