President Ricardo Martinelli wants to do away with the Comptroller General of the Republic’s practice of spending screening in the appropriation of public funds. “Previous or posterior control is irrelevant because if there are corrupt officials, they will steal sooner or later,” he justified. The president stressed that no one can answer for the...
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On Tuesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reviewed the worrying state of domestic violence in Panama and has urged the country to promote measures to ensure gender equality, stop domestic violence and improve conditions for refugees. Statistics from Panama’s Public Defendor’s Office show that the number of reported femicides nearly doubled from...
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Over the next two days, around 150 student, state and civic delegations and bands will parade patriotically along two capital city routes in celebration of Panama’s 107 years of indepence from Colombia. The independence days celebrations began before dawn on Wednesday with the sounding of a couple hours of horns and drums in the...
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