Holy Week parades and celebrations
Holy Week is a time for prayer, reflection and celebration in Panama, and churches across the country express their beliefs...
Month: March 2010
Partying on wheels … and it’s legal
On the Town Partying’s got a new name, Chiva, Panamanian traditional “Diablo Rojo” buses modified into a mobile disco on...
Man who tried to kill Noriega says ex dictator will never return
An American army veteran jailed and tortured by Manuel Antonio Noriega, after an alleged assassination attempt, says the US will...
Highway financing with social security funds awaiting decision
The Government’s multi million dollar plan to take over the North and South Corridors, got a surprise set back on...
Citizens groups said under attack from government
Panamanian citizens’ groups already “under attack” by the government will soon by joined by environmental organizations and other groups says...
Ex presidents house arrest lifted but writ server rained on the party
Former President Ernesto Perez Balladares, who has spent 75 days under house arrest is now at liberty to travel the...
Tenders for Metro bus system coming up soon
The final tenders for Panama’s $270 million Metro Bus transport system will be presented on Wednesday April 28. (more…)
Search for journalist missing in Costa Rica continues in Panama
The family of a Brussels based British journalist, who went missing in Costa Rica six months ago, have extended their...
Authorities involved in poisoning scandal seeking personal benefits says victims’ leader
Former Health Ministers,officials and board members of the Social Security Fund (CSS) were involved in the Diethylene glycol scandal that...
Getting off the Gringo trail
By Kristin Brinner The continuing travel diary of two young Americans who set out on a 70,000 km road trip...
Noriega still trying to dodge the French bullet
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega just won’t give up on his attempts to dodge an extradition order from the...
Cayucos ahead of the clock .. and some spectators
.Time and tide wait for no man goes the old saying. To that you can add the Panama Canal Locks....
