Browsing: Crime & Safety

Panamanian authorities detained 221 individuals in a single day as part of an intensified national security strategy. The National Police…

Panama’s Authority for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition (Acodeco) has confiscated more than 17,000 expired and deteriorated goods during…

A $209 million contract to provide meals for Panama’s largest prisons received only one bid this week. The sole offer…

A teacher in Panama City chained herself to the entrance of a regional education office on Thursday, demanding an immediate…

A Caja de Seguro Social (Panama) employee was arrested this week on corruption charges. The arrest followed allegations she accepted…

Panamanian customs officials have confiscated a shipment of undocumented onions and cigarettes during a retail inspection in the border province…

A judge in Panama’s Chiriquí province has ordered the suspension of a university dean from her positions following allegations of…

A 60 year old man was rescued by authorities after threatening to jump from the Bridge of the Americas in…

A 25-year-old man has died after a six-day hospital stay, becoming the seventh homicide victim in Panama’s Colón Province, Panama…

Panama’s Minister of Social Development, Beatriz Carles, has publicly addressed two recent cases of abandoned newborn girls. The incidents occurred…