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Colombian Spy Chief Currently in Panama Will Not be Extradited
February 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Panama rejected on Friday a request from Colombia to extradite former spy chief Maria del Pilar Hurtado, who faces charges in Bogota over an illegal wiretapping scandal. continue reading »
California Business Extradited from Panama in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Case
January 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Joseph Randall Medcalf, 55, was deported over the weekend by Panama to the United States after being arrested late last week in Panama continue reading »
Charges in Panamanian Drug Ring that Hid Coke and Heroin in Hair Weaves and Wigs
December 24, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Twelve individuals from the Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland – and the country of Panama – have been charged in a 20-count indictment alleging international drug trafficking. continue reading »
Manuel Noriega Arrives in Panama, Starts 60 Year Prison Sentence
December 12, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Former strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was extradited from France, has started serving more than 60 years in prison in Panama, with officials assigning him continue reading »
Panama Awaits Former Dictator Manual Noriega’s Return, Some Twenty Years Later
December 11, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Panama is awaiting the arrival Sunday of former strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was extradited from France and will be taken immediately to prison to serve the sentences handed down to him on various convictions. continue reading »
Infamous Kennedy Airport Killer Deported to Panama, Served 34 Years in U.S. Prison
November 17, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A former lawful permanent resident, who was once an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy, was deported Wednesday to Panama. He had killed two people during a 1977 hostage continue reading »
Pastport: Panama Follows Actress/Singer Tatyana Ali on an Emotional Journey
November 5, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Tatyana grew up in a household that spoke Spanish and fully embraced Panamanian culture, often indulging in the country's food, music, and dance. However, Tatyana knew continue reading »
¡Felicidades! Panama on Your 108th Year of Independence
November 3, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Today, all of Panama is celebrating and rejoicing its 108-year old independence when it separated from Colombia and had earlier in its history broke away from Spain. continue reading »
Panama Asks UN to List Certain Woods As Endangered
September 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Governments of Madagascar and Panama have requested the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to list 91 hardwood species in an effort to curb the increase in illegal timber trade by enabling verification of legal origin under CITES standards. continue reading »
Panama Spends $250 Million on Coastal Radar System to Stem Drug Trafficking
September 14, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Panama’s Vice Minister of Public Safety has announced the country spent $250 million to stem drug trafficking in the country and to specifically avoid having the drugs enter Panama’s borders. continue reading »
Panama to Strengthen Its Fiscal Management and Obtain More Public Investment
September 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
With a $50 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Panama will strengthen its fiscal management to help raise public investment through a sustainable increase in tax revenues and improved efficiency and transparency in public expenditure management. continue reading »
Los Rakas is Rockin the Bay Area (VIDEO)
September 5, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Los Rakas is originally from Panama. They came to the US in their teens with their “camisetas bordadas” or fly embroidered tank tops. But now the two cousins are making it big with their own twist on continue reading »
Panama to Improve Health Services in Indigenous and Rural Areas
September 2, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Panama will revamp its primary health care system and improve maternal, neonatal and chronic disease care with a loan of up to $50 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
Church Concerned About Rising Violence Against Women in Panama
May 25, 2011 | by Agencia Fides | Latino Daily News
Concerned about the high number of women in Panama killed by their husbands or partners or former partners, the Archbishop of Panama, Mgr.José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, urged the authorities to enforce the law more effectively and priests to address the issue of domestic violence as a transversal issue in all catechesis. continue reading »
U.S. and Panama Finalize Tax Information Exchange Agreement
April 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
As part of the President's broader trade agenda, the Obama Administration has worked closely with the government of Panama to resolve outstanding issues related to the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement. continue reading »
