The Democratic Revolutionary Party ( PRD ) chose its electoral offer on Sunday, September 16, with a view to the general elections on May 5, 2019. Cortizo, the third opportunity of the PRD to return to the Presidency With an overwhelming 66.35% Laurentino Cortizo , 65 years old, was chosen as the presidential standard-bearer of…
A group of international diplomats and human rights workers led by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro visited the border area between Colombia and Venezuela on Friday to discuss ways to resolve the Venezuelan migrant crisis. Luis Almagro arrives in Colombia to attend the Venezuelan migratory wave Almagro said that all American countries should work together…
by James “JB” Bryson For the last few weeks I have given personal attention to the uproar over the logging expansion that has occurred in the Darien region and so close to areas that are fully protected as a National Park and part of the beauty of Panama. A “legal advisor” of the indigenous people…
“Go now!”: The United States authorities implored on Wednesday, September 12, to leave the risk areas before the arrival of Hurricane Florence, which threatens to hit the east coast of the country in the next 48 hours with the power of a punch by Mike Tyson. + info East Coast of the United States on…
The Electoral Tribunal rejected a request from the Special Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office to lift the electoral criminal jurisdiction of the Democratic Change (CD) presidential candidate , Rómulo Roux , within the investigation for the bribes paid by Odebrecht in Panama. Presidential CD cost over one million dollars: TE Roux prevails in the presidential CD primaries;…
Colombia does not have the capacity to support alone the arrival of thousands of migrants fleeing Venezuela in the face of the crisis, said on Tuesday, September 11, Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo , who again called for an international effort to address this problem. Pope urges Venezuelan bishops to help ‘the people who suffer’…
The National Assembly (AN), harassed by the scandals of the forms, donations and contracts, has decided to hire a company specializing in communication strategies to try to improve its image. According to Panama Purchase documents, the legislature intends to spend $ 48,800 in the coming months, in the midst of the internal campaigns of the…
Despite the questioning of the deputies, the environment minister, Emilio Sempris , yesterday defended the environmental impact study (EIA) category 1 for the rehabilitation and maintenance of an airstrip in the Coiba National Park , in the province of Veraguas . Members of the Coiba Council request greater transparency Oenegés rejects study approval for track…
Dimitri Flores , Ana Matilde Gómez and Ricardo Lombana continue leading the list of presidential candidates for free application with more signatures collected. The footprint of the parties in the signatures of the independents Electoral Tribunal rejects more than 77 thousand signatures to independent pre-candidates Flores, Gómez and Lombana lead list of independent candidates with…
The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) announced on Friday September 7 that the sentence handed down to an 18-year-old boy was changed for the crime of the American Catherine Medalia Johannet, whose body was found on February 5, 2017 in Isla Colón, province of Bocas del Toro. Sentenced to 12 years in prison to be implicated…
